Europe under Napoleon / by Michael Broers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Broers, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Relations with Europeans.

Napoleon.

Europe--History--1789-1815.

Europe.

France--Foreign relations--1789-1815.

France.

France--History--Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : 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 the 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 the European continent fell under his rule. In a new edition of a highly acclaimed book, Broers weaves together a myriad of regional experiences to produce a social history of the Napoleonic Empire with a truly panoramic scope."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

List of Maps

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

Conquest, 1799-1807

Consolidation 1799-1807

Collaboration and Resistance: The Napoleonic State and the People of Western Europe, 1799-1808

Crisis 1808-1811

Coercion: The Europe of the Grand Empire 1810-1814

Collapse: The Fall of the Empire 1812-1814

Conclusion

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857725226

085772522X

9780755621620

075562162X

9780857735683

0857735683

OCLC:

1158584109