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List of Maps XXIV
List of Boxes XXVII
Books Related Interest XXX
Preface XXXI
Introduction XXXVII>
Chapter 15 War and Crisis
I. Rivalry and War in the Age of Philip II
Elizabeth I of England/The Dutch Revolt/Civil War in France
II. From Unbounded War to International Crisis
The Thirty years’ War/The Peace of Westphalia
III. The Military Revolution
Weapons and Tactics/The Organization and Support of Armies/The Life of the Soldier
IV. Revolution in England
Pressures for Change/Parliament and Law/Rising Antagonisms/England Under Cromwell
V. Revolts in France and Spain
The France of Henry IV/Louis XIII/Political and Social Crisis/The Fronde/Sources of Discontent in Spain/Revolt and Secession
VI. Political Change in an Age of Crisis
The Unites Provinces/Sweden/Eastern Europe and the Crisis
Chapter 16 Culture and Society in the Age of the Scientific Revolution
I. Scientific Advance from Copernicus to Newton
Origins of the Scientific Revolution/The Breakthroughs/The Climax of the Scientific Revolution: Isaac Newton
II. The Effects of the Discoveries
The New Epistemology/Bacon and Descartes/Pascal’s Protest Against New Sciences/Science Institutionalized
III. The Arts and Literature
Unsettling Art/Unsettling Writers/The Return of Assurance to the Arts/Stability and Restraint in the Arts
V. Social Patterns and Popular Culture
Popular Trends/Social Status/Mobility and Crime/Changes in the Villages and Cities/Belief in Magic and Rituals/Forces of Restraint/Conclusion
Chapter 17 The Emergence of the European State System
I. Absolutism in France
The Rule of Louis XIV/Government/Foreign Policy/Domestic Policy/The End of an Era/France After Louis XIV
II. Other Patterns of Absolutism
The Habsburgs at Vienna/The Hohenzollerns at Berlin/Rivalry and State Building/The Prussia of Frederick William I/Frederick the Great/The Habsburg Empire/The Habsburgs and Bourbons at Madrid/Peter the Great at St. Petersburg
III. Alternatives to Absolutism
Aristocracy in the United Provinces, Sweden, and Poland/The Triumph of the Gentry in England/The Growth of Stability/Contrasts in Political Thought
IV. The International System
Diplomacy and Warfare/Armies and Navies/The Seven Years’ War
Chapter 18 The Wealth of Nations
I. Demographic and Economic Growth
The New Demographic Era/Profit Inflation: The Movement of Prices/Protoindustrialization
II. The New Shape of Industry
Towards a New Economic Order/The Roots of Economic Transformation in England/Cotton: The Beginning of Industrialization
III. Innovation and Tradition in Agriculture
Convertible Husbandry/The Enclosure Movement in Britain/Serf and Peasants on the Continent
IV. Eighteenth-Century Empires
Mercantile and Naval Competition/The Profits of Empire/Slavery, the Foundation of Empire/Mounting Colonial Conflicts/The British Foothold in India
Chapter 19 The Age of Enlightenment
I. The Enlightenment
The Broadening Reverberations of Science/Beyond Christianity/The Philosophies/Diderot and the Encyclopedia
II. Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture
Cosmopolitan High Culture/Publishing and Reading/Literature, Music and Art
III. Popular Culture
Popular Literature/Literacy and Primary Schooling/Sociability and Recreation
Chapter 20 The French Revolution
I. Reform and Political Crisis
Enlightened Absolutism in Central and Eastern Europe/Joseph II and the Limits of Absolutism/Constitutional Crises in the West/Upheavals in the British Empire
II. 1789: The French Revolution
Origins of the Revolution/Fiscal Crisis and Political Deadlock/From the Estates General to the National Assembly/The Convergence of Revolutions
III. The Reconstruction of France
The New Constitution/The Revolution of the Church/Counterrevolution, Radicalism, and War
IV. The Second Revolution
The National Convention /The Revolutionary Crisis/The Jacobin Dictatorship/The Sans-culottes: Revolution From Below/The Revolutionary Wars
Chapter 21 The Age of Napoleon
I. From Robespierre to Bonoparte
The Thermidorian Reaction/The Directory/The Brumaire Coup
II. The Napoleonic Settlement in France
The Napoleonic Style/Political and Religious Settlements/The Era of the Notables
III. Napoleonic Hegemony in Europe
Military Supremacy and the Reorganization of Europe/Naval War with Britain/The Napoleonic Conscription Machine
IV. Opposition to Napoleon
The “Spanish Ulcer”/The Russian Debacle/German Resistance and the Last Coalition/The Napoleonic Legend
Chapter 22 Foundations of the Nineteenth Century: Politics and Social Change
I. The Politics of Order
The Congress of Vienna/The Pillars of the Restoration: Russia, Austria, Prussia/The Test of Restoration: Spain, Italy, and France
II. The Progress of Industrialization
The Technology to Support Machines/The Economic Effects of Revolution and War/Patterns of Industrialization
III. The Social Effects
The Division of Labor/The Family/The Standard of Living
Chapter 23 Learning to Live With Change
I. Ideas of Change
Romanticism/Social Thought/The Early Socialists
II. The Structure of Society
Social Classes/The Changing Populations/Social Welfare
III. The Spread of Liberal Government
Great Britain/The Revolutions of 1830
Chapter 24 National States and National Cultures
I. The Revolutions of 1848
The Opening Phase/The Final Dissensions/The Final Phase
II. The Politics of Nationalism
The Elements of Nationalism/A New Regime: The Second Empire in France/Nationalism and International Relations/A New Nation: The Unification of Italy/A New Nation: The Unification of Germany/Reshaping Old Empires
III. Nineteenth-Century Culture
The Organization of Culture/The Content of Culture
Chapter 25 European Power: Wealth, Knowledge, and Imperialism
I. The Economics of Growth
The Second Industrial Revolution/The Demographic Transition
II. The Knowledge of Nature and Society
The Conquests of Science/Social Science and Ideas of Progress
III. Europe and the World
The Apparent Decline of colonial Empires/Europe’s Growing Engagement Overseas
IV. Modern Imperialism
The Meaning of Imperialism/Explanations of Imperialism/Imperialism and European Society/Conquests of the New Imperialism
Chapter 26 The Age of Progress
I. The Belle Epoque
Popular Culture/“The Woman Question”/The Arts
II. Attacks on Liberal Civilization
Working Class Movements/The Christian Critique/Beyond Reason
III. Domestic Politics
Common Problems/France: The Third Republic/Germany: The Reich/Italy: The Liberal Monarchy/Russia: Defeat and Revolution/Austria-Hungary: The Delicate Balance/Spain: Instability and Loss of Empire/Great Britain: Heading Towards Democracy
Chapter 27 World War I and the War it Created
I. The Coming of World War
Bismarck’s System of Alliances/The Shifting Balance/The Outbreak of World War/The Origins of World War
II. The Course of the War
The Surprises of the First Two Years/Adjustment to Total War/The Great Trials of 1917-1918/The Effects of World War 1
III. The Peace
The Revolutionary Situation/The Peace Treaties
IV. Postwar Democracy
The New Governments/The Established Democracies/International Relations
Chapter 28 The Great Twentieth- Century Crisis
I. Two Successful Revolutions
Revolution in Russia/Towards a Communist Society/Italian Fascism
II. The Distinctive Culture of the Twentieth Century
Freudian Psychology/The Humanities/The Sciences/Public Culture
III. The Retreat from Democracy
Authoritarian Regimes/The Great Depression
IV. Nazi Germany and the USSR
Hitler’s Germany/Stalin’s Soviet Union
V. Democracies’ Weak Response
Divisive Social Change/The Argument for Liberty/Domestic Politics/The Failures of Diplomacy
Chapter 29 The Nightmare: World War II
I. The Years of Axis Victory
The Path to War/The Course of the War, 1939-1941
II. The Global War, 1942-1945
The Turn of the Tide/Competing Political Systems/Allied Strategy/The Road to Victory
III. Building on the Ruins
Immediate Crises/Europe Divided
IV. European Recovery
Economic Growth/New Political Directions/The International Context
Chapter 30 The New Europe
I. The New Institutions
Cautious Beginnings/Toward European Union
II. Postindustrial Society
Europe’s Advantage
III. The Politics of Prosperity
Waves of Protest/Capitalist Countries: The Challenge of Recession/Communist Rule: The Problem of Rigidity
IV. The End Of an Era
The Miracles of 1989/The Disintegration of the USSR/Europe Without Cold War
V. Contemporary Culture
Postwar Creativity/The Explosion of Popular Culture/Social Thought
Epilogue
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