Europe under Napoleon / Michael Broers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Broers, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.

Europe--History--1789-1815.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (523 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Napoleon Bonaparte dominated the public life of Europe like no other individual before him. Not surprisingly, the story of the man himself has usually swamped he stories of his subjects. This book looks at the history of the Napoleonic Empire from an entirely new perspective - that of the ruled rather than the ruler. Michael Broers concentrates on the experience of the people of Europe - particularly the vast majority of Napoleon's subjects who were neither French nor willing participants in the great events of the period - during the dynamic but short-lived career of Napoleon, when half of th

Contents:

About the Author; Bookreview; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Maps; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; 1 Conquest, 1799-1807; 2 Consolidation, 1799-1807; 3 Collaboration and Resistance: The Napoleonic State and the People of Western Europe, 1799-1808; 4 Crisis, 1808-11; 5 Coercion: The Europe of the Grand Empire, 1810-14; 6 Collapse: The Fall of the Empire, 1812-14; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857735683

0857735683