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The Transformation of European Politics 1763-1848 New Edition
Author(s): Paul W. Schroeder (Author)
- Publisher: Clarendon Press
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 1996
- Edition: New
- Language: English
- Print length: 916 pages
- ISBN-10: 0198206542
- ISBN-13: 9780198206545
Book Description
This is the only modern study of European international politics to cover the entire timespan from 1763 to 1848. Paul Schroeder's comprehensive and authoritative volume charts the course of international history over this turbulent period, in which the map of Europe was redrawn time and time again. He examines the wars, political crises, and diplomatic opportunities of the age, many of which--the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the Congress of Vienna and its aftermath--had far-reaching consequences for modern Europe. This book is a worthy complement to A. J. P. Taylor's classic The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848-1918
Editorial Reviews
Review
"This nuanced addition to Oxford's well-regarded History of Modern Europe series should stand a long test of time."--Booklist
"It is the highest praise to say that this book is a worthy successor to Taylor's original volume. Sometimes, despite the forty-year gap, Schroeder's insights connect very directly with those of Taylor...he has made as good a case as has been made in recent years for treating international history as an important discipline in its own right."--Times Literary Supplement
"Schroeder gives a new and positive interpretation to the concept of the "concert" of Europe."--History Today
"Schroeder delights in iconoclasm. That is part of the charm of this book which makes it such fun to read...stimulating and challenging book."--The Historian
About the Author
Paul Schroeder is author of The Axis Alliance and Japanese-American Relations 1941 (Cornell University Press, 1958), Metternich's Diplomacy at its Zenith 1820-1823 (University of Texas Press, 1962; pbk 1976), and Austria, Great Britain, and the Crimean War: The Destruction of the European Concert (Cornell University Press, 1972). He is on the editorial board of, amongst others, International History Review, and American Historical Review, and was elected Peace Fellow by the United States Institute of Peace in 1992.
