The Ascendancy of Europe 1815-1914 (Silver Library)

by ANDERSON M S (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1985

  $3.49

  M S Anderson explores the major aspects of European history from the Congress of Vienna to the First World War. This is not a narrative of political or other events; rather, it is a series of thematic studies on a comparative and continent wide basis.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $4.50

  In this well-known, best-selling book M S Anderson explores the major aspects of European history in the century from the Congress of Vienna to the First World War. This is not, in the main, a narrative of political or other events but rather a series of analytical surveys on a comparative and continent-wide basis. It gives full weight not only to political and economic factors but also to social and intellectual ones. The subjects treated in The Ascendancy of Europe include: A * the political and economic balance of power A * the mechanisms of government A * armed forces and war A * the movement of ideas A * states and nations A * Europe and the wider world. For the second edition, Professor Anderson has reworked the text throughout and has added a completely new chapter on economic and social aspects. M S Anderson is Professor Emeritus of International History in the University of London, and taught for many years at the London School of Economics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written extensively on a wide range of topics in European History from the Sixteenth Century onwards.

• New

  Paperback
  2003

  $58.10

  This new edition of the seminal and best selling history of Europe's century of global ascendancy includes a new introduction and bibliography. The carefully drawn discussions are pulled together and reinforced by a new afterword. Presented in a new textbook format and thoroughly revised throughout, the survey provides students with an invaluable guide to a notoriously complex period. Lucidly written and constructed as a series of essays, the text covers the political and economic balance of power, the mechanics of government, economy and society, states, nations, europe and the world, Armed Forces and war and romanticism, evolution and consciousness. Reviews of the previous editions'Anderson's book is one of the few that explains economic, social, military, intellectual and colonial developments in a clear, precise and engaging manner.'Teaching History 'Packed with shrewdness, wisdom and well-directed erudition...invaluble to university students and teachers.' British Book News