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Europe and the Making of Modernity : 1815-1914

by Winks, Robin W.; Neuberger, Joan

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9780195156225

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0195156226

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Pub. Date:

4/7/2005

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Oxford University Press, USA

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Summary

This forthcoming volume will join Oxford University Press's successful series of compact, accessible, and insightful guides covering the general history of Europe from ancient times to the present. Each book in the series offers a clear outline of political history alongside discussions of social and cultural issues; an authoritative narrative that takes the latest historical interpretations into account; support for many different lecture and discussion formats; and chapter summaries, an end-of-book chronology, detailed maps, numerous illustrations, and text boxes with primary source excerpts.

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Preface

Introduction

(1)

The Making of Modernity

(2)

The Eighteenth-century Background

(8)

The Enlightenment---The French Revolution

Restoration and Revolution, 1815--1840

(30)

The Congress of Vienna, 1814--1815

(7)

The Persistence of Revolution, 1820--1823

(9)

Serbian and Greek Independence, 1804-1829---The Decembrist Revolt in Russia, 1825

The Revolutions of 1830

(8)

France---National Independence in Belgium---Nationalist Revolutions in Poland, Italy, and Germany

Reform Without Revolution: Great Britain

(3)

The Counterrevolution in Russia

(3)

Romanticism

(23)

An Age of Feeling and Poetry

(9)

Music

(1)

Painting

(3)

Architecture

(1)

Religion and Philosophy

(1)

Romantic Nationalism

(5)

Melodrama and Popular Romanticism

(2)

The Industrial Age Begins

(29)

Precursors: Agriculture, Demography, and Markets

(4)

Momentum

(3)

Trains: The Ultimate Machine

(5)

Why Britain?

(4)

The Challenge of Industrialization in Western Europe

(4)

France---Germany---Italy

The Challenge of Industrialization in Eastern Europe

(6)

Austria---The Balkans---``Core--Periphery'' Industrialization---Russia

Social Change and Social Life

(32)

Class

(1)

Population Growth and Redistribution

(3)

Rural Society

(5)

Peasants---Rural Elites

Cities

103

(10)

Workers

Social Mobility

113

(8)

Middle Classes

Religious Minorities

121

(4)

Ideas and Ideologies

125

(28)

Conservatism

126

(4)

Liberalism

130

(9)

Economic Liberalism---Utilitarian Liberalism---Humanitarian Liberalism---Toward Democracy: The Vote

Socialism

139

(10)

Utopian Socialism---Karl Marx and Marxism

Apostles of Violence and Nonviolence

149

(2)

Anarchists---Christian Socialists and Christian Democrats

Mass Political Movements

151

(2)

The Revolutions of 1848

153

(30)

Causes

154

(6)

Nationalism in the 1840s---Political Activism---The ``Hungry Forties''

The Revolutions of 1848

160

(18)

France---Italy---Germany---The Austrian Empire---Great Britain and Russia

Consequences of 1848

178

(5)

The Modern Nation-State

183

(46)

The Crimean War

185

(3)

France: The Second Empire

188

(4)

Unification of Italy and Germany

192

(13)

Italy---Germany

The Paris Commune

205

(1)

Germany: The Nation-State

206

(3)

The Austrian Empire in the Era of the Nation-State

209

(9)

Compromise and the Dual Monarchy---The Nationality Question Under the Dual Monarchy: Austria---The Nationality Question Under the Dual Monarchy: Hungary

New States in Ottoman Europe

218

(1)

Poles of Reform

219

(10)

The Russian Empire and the Great Reforms---Great Britain and the Cult of Progress

Reason, Realism, and Respectability

229

(28)

The Economic Boom and Second Industrial Revolution

230

(8)

France and Germany---Russia and Italy---Austria-Hungary---Urbanization and Migration

Respectability

238

(3)

Darwin and Darwinism

241

(2)

Realism in the Arts

243

(14)

Literature---Music---Painting---Sculpture, Monument, and Architecture---Photography

The Age of Imperialism, 1870--1914

257

(32)

Motives

258

(4)

Money---Power---Security---Ideology

British Rule in India

262

(6)

Imperialism in East Asia

268

(2)

The Partition of Africa

270

(8)

Conflicts in Africa After Partition

278

(4)

Fashoda---The Boer War

Russia: Between Nation and Empire

282

(3)

Imperialism at Home

285

(4)

Mass Nationalism and Racism---Economic and Political Consequences of Imperialism

The Challenges of Modernity

289

(30)

City Life: Fin de Siecle and Belle Epoque

290

(9)

The Workers' Challenge

299

(3)

The Women's Challenge

302

(4)

Leisure and Mass Culture

306

(3)

The Cultural Challenge: Modernism

309

(6)

Painting---Music---The Other Arts

The Scientific Challenge: Discontinuity, Randomness, and Relativity

315

(4)

Social Sciences

Political Polarization and Conflict

319

(40)

Imperial Germany, 1880--1914

320

(4)

Great Britain: Protest on Three Fronts, 1867--1914

324

(4)

France: The Third Republic, 1870--1914

328

(7)

Italy After Unification, 1870--1914

335

(2)

Russian Reaction and Revolution, 1881--1914

337

(7)

The Revolution of 1905

The Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1867--1914

344

(6)

Conflicts Among Nationalities

The Road to War

350

(9)

Chronology

359

(9)

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