Publication |
London, Thames and Hudson Limited, 1970.
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Description |
360p
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Contents |
Asa Briggs: Foreward ;/ Asa Briggs: The shape of the century: man at the crossroads of history ;/ John Roberts: Revolution and improvement: politics and society from 1789 to 1851 ;/ James Joll: Authority and protest: patterns of change from 1848 to 1900 ;/ F. Bedarida: Cities: population and the urban explosion ;/ F.M.L. Thompson: Countrysides: the revolution in world agriculture ;/ John Rohl: Nation building: the birth of the modern state ;/ Brian Bond: War and peace: mechanized warfare and the growth of pacificism ;/ A.P. Thornton: Overseas empires: the century of European world power ;/ Marcus Cunliffe: The making of America: opportunities and problems of a new world ;/ Hugh Seton-Watson: The expansion of Russia: reaction, reform and revolution ;/ Asa Briggs: Manners, morals and tastes: changing values in art and society ;/ Asa Briggs: Retrospect and forecast: the nineteenth century faces the future ;/ Select bibliography ;/ List of sources of illustrations ;/ Index.
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Standard Number |
0-500-04009-5
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