{"product_id":"europes-uncertain-path-1814-1914-isbn-9781405100533","title":"Europe's Uncertain Path 1814-1914","description":"\u003ci\u003eEurope’s Uncertain Path\u003c\/i\u003e is an introduction to Europe’s turbulent history from 1814 to 1914. It presents a clear narrative of the major political events, set against the backdrop of social, economic, and cultural change.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn introduction to Europe’s turbulent history from 1814 to 1914\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides students with a solid grounding in the main political events and social changes of the period\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains the causes and outcomes of major events: the effect of the emergence of mass politics; the evolution of political ideologies; and the link between foreign and domestic policy \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers balanced coverage of Eastern, Western, and Central Europe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrations, maps, and figures enhance student understanding\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Maps ix  \u003cp\u003eList of Figures x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 A World Half Restored: The Vienna Settlement and the Restoration Regimes 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nature of the Restored Regimes 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstitutional Monarchies 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDespotism in Italy and Spain 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eastern Autocracies 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ottoman Empire 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Political Contestation from the Vienna Settlement to the 1830 Revolutions, 1814–1832 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFailed Revolutions 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConservative Consolidation 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eErosion of the Conservative Order on the European Periphery 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReform and Revolution in the West 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResistance to Change in South, Central, and East Europe 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Stability, Stasis or Decay?: Europe from 1830 to 1848 50\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructural Sources of Stability in Inter-State Relations 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Thin Veneer of Ideology 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtopian Socialism 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsolidation and the Constitutional Monarchies: Britain and France in the 1830s 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiberal Advance and Political Instability: Spain in the 1830s 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Volatile Complexity of Emergent Nationalism and Liberalism in Italy, Germany, and the Austrian Empire, 1830–1848 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward Crisis? The Constitutional Monarchies in the 1840s 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Underpinnings of Politics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Developments up to Mid-Century 76\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulation Growth and Agricultural Production 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRural Society: Peasants, Nobles, and Notables 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommerce, Industry, and the Emergent Urban Economy 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Society 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eState Formation and Social Control 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Trends: Religious Revival and Romantic Revolt 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Europe in Transition: The 1848 Revolutions and the Crimean War 104\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigins 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Initial Wave 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Springtime of the Peoples 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Crucible: Politics up to the June Days 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncomplete Conservative Recovery, July–December 1848 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the Balance: A Second Revolutionary Wave and Conservative Response, January–October 1849 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConservative Consolidation and the Spanish Exception 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Departures on the Left: Scientifi c Socialism and Anarchism 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Return of Great Power Rivalry 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking Stock 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Wars of National Unifi cation and Revolution in the European States System, 1850s–1871 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics in the 1850s: Liberalism in the West 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAutocratic Politics in the 1850s 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Quixotic Foreign Policy of Louis-Napoleon: Italian Unifi cation 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePartial Unifi cation of Germany 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Early Stages of the Women's Movement 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics in the 1860s: Reform in the Autocracies 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics in the 1860s: Reform in Britain and France 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics in the 1860s: Instability in Italy and Spain 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBirth and Death: The Franco-Prussian War and Paris Commune 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Europe from the Paris Commune to the Fall of Bismarck, 1871–1892 162\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArms, Alliances, and Inter-State Relations in the 1870s 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Coming of Male Democracy 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics in the 1870s: Britain and France 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics in the 1870s: Spain and Italy 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics in the Eastern Autocracies in the 1870s 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInter-State Relations in the 1880s: The \"New Imperialism\" and the Demise of the Bismarckian Alliance System 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWest European Domestic Politics in the 1880s: Britain and France 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpain and Italy in the 1880s 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eastern Empires during the 1880s 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Underpinnings of Politics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Developments from Mid-Century to 1914 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRising Population 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Expansion 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMid-Century Prosperity 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Slowdown 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Return of Rapid Growth 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Change: Urbanization 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRural Society 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Society 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eState Response to Economic and Social Change: Increasing Intervention 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssociation \"Mania\" 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Trends: Positivism and the Cult of Scientifi c Progress 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligious Response 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrowing Doubt 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMass Culture 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Toward Destruction?: From the 1890s to the mid-1900s 237\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInter-State Relations, 1890–1900: Shifting Alliances 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInter-State Relations, 1900–1905: Partial Clarifi cation and Continued Flexibility 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocracy, Mass Politics, and the Women's Movement 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdaptation to Mass Politics in Britain and France 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMixed Signs in Spain and Italy 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUncertainty in the Autocracies: Germany and Austria-Hungary 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevolution in Russia 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Transition Re-routed: From the Mid-1900s to the Great War 267\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics: The End or Beginning of an Era? 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolution in Britain and Stalemate in France, 1906–14 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFailure in Spain and Italy 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParliamentary Confl ict and the Limits to Opposition in Germany 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNationalist Divisions in the Dual Monarchy 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImperial Russia: One Step Back from the Brink of Revolution? 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward the Abyss: Inter-State Relations, 1905–14 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the First Moroccan Crisis to the Annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1904–9 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTemporary Stabilization and the Return of Crisis, 1909–12 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Final Destruction of the European States System, 1911–14 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Causes of World War One 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulmination? 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Still, this efficient and useful survey reminds scholars that we should indeed continue to re-evaluate how we tell the story of the modern European world and its making.”  (\u003ci\u003eEuropean History Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 April 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"His book offers a good introductory survey for first-year undergraduates, with a clear, relatively comprehensive, political narrative. This will provide students with a platform for more advanced studies and\/or reading.”  (\u003ci\u003eJournal of European Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, 14 November 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eR. S. Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Victoria, Canada. His books include \u003ci\u003eNapoleon\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) and \u003ci\u003eRe-Writing the French Revolutionary Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e (2003).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEurope’s Uncertain Path\u003c\/i\u003e is an introduction to Europe’s turbulent history from 1814 to 1914. It presents a clear narrative of the major political events, set against the backdrop of social, economic, and cultural change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlexander offers balanced coverage of Eastern, Western, and Central Europe. He explains the causes and outcomes of major events: the effect of the emergence of mass politics; the evolution of political ideologies; the link between foreign and domestic policy; and the breakdown of the states system. The emphasis throughout is on the relation between state formation and growth in civil society, and the differences and similarities of this experience across countries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnhanced by illustrations, maps, and figures, \u003ci\u003eEurope’s Uncertain Path\u003c\/i\u003e provides a thorough background for anyone interested in modern European history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989169717477,"sku":"NP9781405100533","price":38.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405100533.jpg?v=1761783072","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/europes-uncertain-path-1814-1914-isbn-9781405100533","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}