The Making of Modern Europe, 1648-1780

by Geoffrey Treasure (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $5.72

  This reissue of a classic textbook has been revised and updated with a new introduction by the author. Geoffrey Treasure provides a thoroughly comprehensive account of the European experience at a time when so much of what is today identified as 'modern' began to take shape.
  
  Discussing key issues of the period, The Making of Modern Europe, 1647-1980 examines:

  • the evolution of the developing society
  • detailed studies of the people, their environment, attitudes and beliefs
  • economic aspects
  • the growth of the states
  • politics, war and diplomacy
  • religion, intellectualism and science.

  This work provides an excellent grounding for the study of seventeenth and eighteenth-century European history.

• Used

  Paperback
  1990

  $3.25

  In 1640 Europe was a term without precise political significance. In the ensuing years the idea of Europe came to mean more. The Making of Modern Europe 1648-1780 is a thoroughly comprehensive account of this period. It:
  * traces the evolution of the developing society
  * presents detailed studies of the people, their environment, attitudes and beliefs
  * examines economic aspects
  * focuses on the growth of states
  * addressses issues of politics, war and diplomacy
  * includes chapters on religion, intellectualism and science
  The work provides an excellent basis for the study of seventeenth and eighteenth-century European history.

• New

  Paperback
  2003

  $37.27

  This reissue of a classic textbook has been revised and updated with a new introduction by the author. Geoffrey Treasure provides a thoroughly comprehensive account of the European experience at a time when so much of what is today identified as 'modern' began to take shape.
  
  Discussing key issues of the period, The Making of Modern Europe, 1647-1980 examines:

  • the evolution of the developing society
  • detailed studies of the people, their environment, attitudes and beliefs
  • economic aspects
  • the growth of the states
  • politics, war and diplomacy
  • religion, intellectualism and science.

  This work provides an excellent grounding for the study of seventeenth and eighteenth-century European history.