The world in 1800 / Olivier Bernier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernier, Olivier.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern--19th century.

Civilization, Modern.

Eighteen hundred, A.D.

Physical Description:

xi, 452 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Wiley, c2000.

Summary:

Presents a chronicle of the year 1800, looking at what was happening in civilizations around the world at the dawn of the modern era.

Contents:

Introduction: Two Worlds, One World

pt. 1. Europe. 1. A Very Great Change. 2. All the Pleasures of Life. 3. Unbeatable Bonaparte. 4. Great Britain and France. 5. Eastern Europe: Dealing with France

pt. 2. North America. 6. Inventing Politics. 7. Quasi-War and Dangerous Aliens. 8. A Vast New Country. 9. The Spirit of 1800

pt. 3. Another America. 10. New Spain, Old Habits. 11. Autonomy or Independence? 12. Peru and Brazil

pt. 4. Asia. 13. The Center of the World. 14. A Civilized Empire. 15. Splendid Japan. 16. India: The Invention of an Empire. 17. The Middle East: The Ottoman Empire

pt. 5. Africa. 18. So Close, So Far.

Notes:

"A Robert L. Bernstein book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-435) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

0471303712 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

41468629