Revolution and Improvement / John Roberts.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Roberts, John, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.) : Num. figs., 5 maps

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

Contents:

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Maps
• Foreword
• 1. Signs of the times
• 2. The Western World
• 3. Going concerns
• 4. States and nations
• 5. The minds of men
• 6. Political change
• 7. A New Age?
• 8. The Great Revolution
• 9. The high tide of French power
• 10. Long-term change
• 11. A new Balance of Power
• 12. From Status to Contract
• 13. Mentality and taste
• 14. Government and Politics
• 15. The World and the West
• 16. 1847 and other dates
• Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

• 9780520321564
• 0520321561

OCLC:

1198931332