Napoleon's Empire [electronic resource] : European Politics in Global Perspective /
Napoleon's Empire: European Politics in Global Perspective (Conference)(2012 :Paris, France)
Napoleon's Empire: European Politics in Global Perspective (Conference)
Planert, Ute.editor.
The Napoleonic Empire played a crucial role in reshaping global landscapes and in realigning international power structures on a worldwide scale. When Napoleon died, the map of many areas had completely changed, making room for Russia's ascendency and Britain's rise to world power.
Cover; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Maps; 1 Napoleon and Beyond: Reshaping Power in Europe and the World; 2 France, Western Europe and the Atlantic World. Napoleon's Empire: European Politics in a Global Perspective; Part I The Heart of the Empire: Histories and Historiographies; 3 Unity and Fragmentation: Recent Research Trends on the ' neuf départements réunis '; 4 The Napoleonic Period in Holland from a Dutch Historical Perspective; 5 Liberty in Times of Occupation: The Napoleonic Era in German Central Europe
6 Napoleonic Italy: Old and New Trends in HistoriographyPart II Re-Defi ning Imperial Order: The Ibero-Atlantic Area; 7 Against the Grain: Portugal and Its Empire in the Face of Napoleonic Invasions; 8 The Peninsular War and Its Repercussions in France and Spain; 9 'Perfidies, Robberies and Cruelties': Latin America and Napoleon in the Age of Revolutions; 10 The Empire Overseas: The Illusion of Restoration; Part III Restructuring the Baltic Sea: Scandinavia and Eastern Europe; 11 L'Empire d'Occident Faces the Russian Empire: Inter-Imperial Exchanges and Their Reflections in Historiography
12 What Lies behind the Glory? A Balance Sheet of the Napoleonic Era in Poland13 The Danish State and the Napoleonic Wars; 14 The Case of Norway: Domestic Developments and External Influences on the Periphery of Napoleonic Europe; 15 Decline and Consolidation: Sweden, the Napoleonic Wars and Geopolitical Restructuring in Northern Europe; 16 Finland and the Napoleonic Empire; Part IV The Eastern Mediterranean Encounters Napoleon; 17 'We Are Constituted as a Nation': Austria in the Era of Napoleon; 18 Illyrian Provinces from a Slovene Perspective: Myth and Reality
19 French Rule in Dalmatia, 1806-1814: Globalizing a Local Geopolitics20 Locating the Ottomans in Napoleon's World; 21 The Birth of Modern Egypt from Bonaparte's Campaign to Muhammad 'Alî 's Seizure of Power: A Historiographical Essay; Part V Inside the Napoleonic Hegemony; 22 Pride and Prejudice: The Napoleonic Empire through the Eyes of Its Rulers; Index
Includes index.
The Napoleonic Empire played a crucial role in reshaping global landscapes and in realigning international power structures on a worldwide scale. When Napoleon died, the map of many areas had completely changed, making room for Russia's ascendency and Britain's rise to world power.
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Military history.
World politics.
Europe-History.
Diplomacy.
History, Modern.
Europe-Politics and government.
History of Military.
Political History.
European History.
Diplomacy.
Modern History.
European Politics.