Larousse encyclopedia of modern history from 1500 to the present day; general editor Marcel Dunan, English advisory editor John Roberts; [translated by Delano Ames]; foreword by Hugh Trevor-Roper

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dunan, Marcel, editor.

Standardized Title:

Histoire universelle Larousse. English.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

History, Modern.

Physical Description:

5-429, [32] pages illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, portraits (some color). 30 cm

Edition:

New rev. ed. Third impression 1973.

Other Title:

Encyclopedia of modern history

Place of Publication:

Feltham, Hamlyn, 1973.

Language Note:

Translation of Histoire universelle Larousse.

Contents:

The sixteenth century. Europe and the Renaissance in the first half of the sixteenth century ; The first half of the sixteenth century outside Europe ; Europe from 1559 to 1600 ; The second half of the sixteenth century on the fringe of Europe

The seventeenth century. The opening years of the seventeenth century : 1598-1620 ; A period of crises : 1620-60 ; The zenith of royal power ; The end of the great reigns

The eighteenth century. The failure of the English peace ; Asia and Africa ; The Seven Years' War and benevolent despotism ; The preface to a new age

The era of the French Revolution. The last years of the eighteenth century ; The Napoleonic epoch

The nineteenth century. Restorations and revolutions ; Revolutions and national wars ; Towards world war ; The First World War and the failure of peace ; The Second World War

From the World Wars to the Cold War. The postwar world ; The great changes of 1950-60.

Notes:

Illus. on lining papers.

Translation of Histoire universelle Larousse.

ISBN:

0600360660

9780600360667

OCLC:

572291