The eighteenth century : Europe 1688-1815 /
The word which best summarizes the wonderful variety of human experience in the eighteenth century is 'expansion'. The size of armies, literacy rates, state intervention, the acreage of overseas empires, productivity or just the number of Europeans on the planet were all significantly high...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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| Series: | Short Oxford history of Europe.
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| Summary: | The word which best summarizes the wonderful variety of human experience in the eighteenth century is 'expansion'. The size of armies, literacy rates, state intervention, the acreage of overseas empires, productivity or just the number of Europeans on the planet were all significantly higher in 1800 than in 1700. It is the century which forms the hinge between the old world and the new for, by its end, change was not only detectable, it was also seen to be irreversible. In this book, six experts analyse concisely and incisively the major developments in politics, society, the economy, religion and culture, warfare and international relations, and in Europe's relations with the world overseas. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 301 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-259) index. |
| ISBN: | 0198731817 9780198731818 0198731205 9780198731207 |
| Access: | MyiLibrary allows three users access at a time (21.03.2018). |