Title: Larousse encyclopedia of modern history from 1500 to the present day;
Authors: Dunan, Marcel; Dunan, Marcel,
Publisher: Hamlyn,
Year: 1972
Subjects: History, Modern.
Contents: The sixteenth century. Europe and the Renaissance in the first half of the sixteenth century ; The first half of the sixteenth century outside Europe ; Europe from 1559 to 1600 ; The second half of the sixteenth century on the fringe of Europe -- The seventeenth century. The opening years of the seventeenth century : 1598-1620 ; A period of crises : 1620-60 ; The zenith of royal power ; The end of the great reigns -- The eighteenth century. The failure of the English peace ; Asia and Africa ; The Seven Years' War and benevolent despotism ; The preface to a new age -- The era of the French Revolution. The last years of the eighteenth century ; The Napoleonic epoch -- The nineteenth century. Restorations and revolutions ; Revolutions and national wars ; Towards world war ; The First World War and the failure of peace ; The Second World War -- From the World Wars to the Cold War. The postwar world ; The great changes of 1950-60.