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Author Evans, Richard J., author.

Title The pursuit of power : Europe 1815-1914 / Richard J. Evans.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Viking, 2016.

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Description xxiv, 819 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Series The Penguin history of Europe ; 7
Penguin history of Europe ; 7.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [717]-726) and index.
Contents The legacies of revolution -- The paradoxes of freedom -- The European spring -- The social revolution -- The conquest of nature -- The age of emotion -- The challenge of democracy -- The wages of empire.
Summary Examines the century between the fall of Napoleon and the outbreak of World War I, discussing events ranging from the crumbling of the Spanish, Ottoman, and Mughal empires and the rise of British imperial ambition to the violent revolution in Spain and the unifications of Germany and Italy.
Subject Europe -- Politics and government -- 1815-1871.
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1871-1918.
Europe -- History -- 1815-1871.
Europe -- History -- 1871-1918.
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
HISTORY / Europe.
HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European.
Chronological Term 1815-1918
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780670024575 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0670024570 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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