A history of Eastern Europe 1740-1918 / Ian D. Armour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armour, Ian D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Europe, Eastern--History--18th century.

Europe, Eastern.

Europe, Eastern--History--19th century.

Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.

Eastern Europe.

Physical Description:

viii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Hodder Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Ian Armour's authoritative history of Eastern Europe spans the turbulent years from 1740 to 1918. Armour provides a compelling account of how the concept of Eastern Europe as a distinct region emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century. It traces how the big powers, most notably the Habsburg, Ottoman and Russian Empires, jostled for control and examines the roots of nationalism which were nurtured by harrowing poverty and social turmoil. The book is structured to lead the reader chronologically through a number of themes including the struggle by rulers to modernise; the disruptive power of nationalism; and the persistence of supranational state structures that, in turn, resisted and promoted modernisation and nationalism.

Armour provides fresh and clear insights into key events and people, as well as analysis of the concepts and historical terms of the period. This is an invaluable text for students interested in Eastern Europe during its formative years.

Contents:

Part 1 The Eighteenth-Century Background 1740-1804 11

Chapter 1 Peoples, states and societies 13

Chapter 2 War, Enlightenment and nationalism 27

Chapter 3 The Habsburg Monarchy's attempt at modernisation 41

Chapter 4 The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 61

Chapter 5 The Ottoman Empire 77

Chapter 6 Russia and Prussia as regional powers 91

Part 2 Nationalism, Revolution and State Formation 1804-67 105

Chapter 7 Forces of the age: the international scene 1804-67 107

Chapter 8 Forces of the age: liberalism, nationalism and economic change 1804-67 115

Chapter 9 The Habsburg Monarchy from enlightened absolutism to the Ausgleich 127

Chapter 10 The Ottoman Empire and the Balkan nation-states 153

Chapter 11 Russia and Prussia 1804-67 175

Part 3 Nationalism, Independence and Modernisation 1867-1918 191

Chapter 12 Nation-states and modernisation 193

Chapter 13 Dualism: the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy 1867-1914 203

Chapter 14 Ottoman retreat and the Balkan nation-states to 1914 215

Chapter 15 The Russian and German empires to 1914 229

Chapter 16 The First World War 1914-18 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and index.

ISBN:

0340760400

9780340760406

OCLC:

70985864

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