Europe, 1600-1789
By: Anthony F. Upton.
Series: The Arnold history of Europe
Publisher: Arnold; Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 437
Subjects: Europe -- History -- 17th century.; Europe -- History -- 18th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-420) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part I. The End of an Era; title: 1. The European World of the Seventeenth Century; title: 2. The First European War; title: 3. The Origins of the Modern State: The Absolutist Route; title: 4. The Origins of the Modern State: Alternative Routes; title: Part II. The Emergence of the Great Powers; title: 5. Towards 'Absolutism': Variations round a Theme; title: 6. The Evolution of the British State: A Different Model; title: 7. Developments on the North-Eastern Periphery; title: 8. The Second European War, 1660-1721; title: Part III. The End of the Old Regime; title: 9. Changing Mentalities; title: 10. Change in the Economy and Society; title: 11. Social Change; title: 12. A New Search for Political Stability; title: 13. The Stabilization of the North-Eastern Borderlands; title: 14. The European Power Game, 1715-1740; title: 15. The Last European War of the Ancien Regime, 1740-1763; title: 16. The Enlightenment; title: 17. Enlightened Despotism: The Enlightenment in Action; title: 18. The Big Three and Scandinavia; title: 19. Alternative Models; title: 20. The French Time Bomb; title: Conclusion: Europe in 1789; title: Endnotes; title: Chronology; title: Genealogies; title: Bibliography; title: Index.