Table of Contents

Preface PART I. REVOLUTIONARY EUROPE, 1789-1815 Europe in 1789 The French Revolution, 1789-1804 The European Impact, 1789-1815 PART II. CONSERVATIVE EUROPE, 1815-1850 The Conservative Order Social Crises and Responses, 1815-1848 Europe Overseas Europe between Revolutions, 1830-1848 The European Revolution, 1848-1850 PART III. A New Era? 1850-1879 A New Era? Unifications and State-Building Containing the Tempest: Reform and Consolidation The Sinews of Power and the Means of Existence The Cultural Clash and the Growth of the Public PART IV: THE EMERGENCE OF MASS POLITICS, 1879-1914 Towards Democracy? Feminism, Anarchism, Socialism The Nationalist Challenge Authoritarian and Conservative Responses Imperialism The Origins of the First World War Notes Bibliographic Essay

About the Author

MICHAEL RAPPORT is a Lecturer in History at the University of Stirling, UK.

Reviews

"'Coherently laid out, well written, intelligent and very comprehensive.' - Woodruff Smith, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA 'An Impressive volume: broad, admirably balanced and genuinely European.' - Christopher Clark, St Catharine's College, Cambridge, UK"