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Book Adolphe Thiers  Or   The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie

Download or read book Adolphe Thiers Or The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie written by René Albrecht-Carrié and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1977 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Origins of Liberal Dominance

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  • Author : Andrew Gould
  • Publisher : University of Michigan Press
  • Release : 1999-09-22
  • ISBN : 9780472110155
  • Pages : 180 pages

Download or read book Origins of Liberal Dominance written by Andrew Gould and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1999-09-22 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the rise of liberalism and the development of modern political institutions in Europe

Book The Stonemasons of Creuse in Nineteenth century Paris

Download or read book The Stonemasons of Creuse in Nineteenth century Paris written by Casey Harison and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 2008 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stonemasons were well-known for their skills, and their seasonal migration from central France, but especially for their role in rebellion. This book places the masons' story within the larger history of nineteenth-century Paris. The coverage spans the long nineteenth century, starting before 1789 and ending near 1914.

Book A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing  Volume 2

Download or read book A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing Volume 2 written by D.R. Woolf and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998. Including a wide range of information and recommended for academic libraries, this encyclopedia covers historiography and historians from around the world and will be a useful reference to students, researchers, scholars, librarians and the general public who are interested in the writing of history. Volume II covers entries from K to Z.

Book A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing

Download or read book A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing written by D.R. Woolf and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Book Wrong Turnings

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  • Author : Geoffrey M. Hodgson
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2018-01-03
  • ISBN : 022650591X
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Wrong Turnings written by Geoffrey M. Hodgson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-01-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Left is in crisis. Despite global economic turbulence, left-wing political parties in many countries have failed to make progress in part because they have grown too ideologically fragmented. Today, the term Left is associated with state intervention and public ownership, but this has little in common with the original meaning of the term. What caused what we mean by the Left to change, and how has that hindered progress? With Wrong-Turnings, Geoffrey M. Hodgson tracks changes in the meaning of the Left and offers suggestions for how the Left might reclaim some of its core values. The term Left originated during the French Revolution, when revolutionaries sought to abolish the monarchy and privilege and to introduce a new society based on liberty, equality, fraternity, and universal rights. Over time, however, the meaning radically changed, especially through the influence of socialism and collectivism. Hodgson argues that the Left must rediscover its roots in the Enlightenment and readopt Enlightenment values it has abandoned, such as those concerning democracy and universal human rights. Only then will it be prepared to address contemporary problems of inequality and the survival of democracy. Possible measures could include enhanced educational provisions, a guaranteed basic income, and a viable mechanism for fair distribution of wealth. Wrong-Turnings is a truly pathbreaking work from one of our most prolific and respected institutional theorists. It will change our understanding of how the left got lost.

Book The Halt In The Mud

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  • Author : Gary P Cox
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2019-07-15
  • ISBN : 1000302121
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book The Halt In The Mud written by Gary P Cox and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians have traditionally seen Prussia as the creator of modern strategic planning. The members of the Great General Staff in the carmine-striped trousers have long received credit for perfecting "off the shelf' plans for any contingency. In contrast, the French have been depicted as effete martinets or feckless hussars, fearless in battle but utterly unconcerned with such arcane matters as national strategy. The French Army in the years following Waterloo has been depicted as an institution mired in reactionary politics, and the entire period of French military history from 1815 to 1870 has most often been seen as a "halt in the mud." But in this important new book, Gary Cox demonstrates that nineteenth-century French defense policy was much more dynamic and creative than has been previously supposed. In The Halt in the Mud, Cox illustrates that contrary to most generally held opinions, France began formulating long-range strategic plans in the years immediately following Waterloo. Carefully buttressing his thesis with evidence gleaned from the French Army's own archives, Cox argues that these plans were firmly rooted in the Napoleonic conception of strategy and staff work and strongly influenced French strategic planning all the way down to the outbreak of the Great War. The author also analyzes the development of the crucial rivalry between France and Germany in the years leading up to the Franco-Prussian War. He traces the roots of this conflict, shows the essential similarities in approach between early German and French strategic planning, and then discusses why French and German strategic planning methods diverged so fundamentally. The Halt in the Mud fills an important gap in our understanding of how France and her army prepared for war in the nineteenth century and sheds new light on France's preparations for the Franco-Prussian War and her reaction to the catastrophic defeat of 1870.

Book Demos Assembled

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  • Author : Stephen W. Sawyer
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2018-04-13
  • ISBN : 022654463X
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book Demos Assembled written by Stephen W. Sawyer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-04-13 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intelligent, engaging, and in-depth reading of the nature of the state and the establishment of the modern political order in the mid-nineteenth century. Previous studies have covered in great detail how the modern state slowly emerged from the early Renaissance through the seventeenth century, but we know relatively little about the next great act: the birth and transformation of the modern democratic state. And in an era where our democratic institutions are rife with conflict, it’s more important now than ever to understand how our institutions came into being. Stephen W. Sawyer’s Demos Assembled provides us with a fresh, transatlantic understanding of that political order’s genesis. While the French influence on American political development is well understood, Sawyer sheds new light on the subsequent reciprocal influence that American thinkers and politicians had on the establishment of post-revolutionary regimes in France. He argues that the emergence of the stable Third Republic (1870–1940), which is typically said to have been driven by idiosyncratic internal factors, was in fact a deeply transnational, dynamic phenomenon. Sawyer’s findings reach beyond their historical moment, speaking broadly to conceptions of state formation: how contingent claims to authority, whether grounded in violence or appeals to reason and common cause, take form as stateness.

Book The Oxford History of the French Revolution

Download or read book The Oxford History of the French Revolution written by William Doyle and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its first publication to mark the bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989, this Oxford History has established itself as the Revolution's most authoritative and comprehensive one-volume history in English, and has recently been translated into Chinese. Running from the accession of Louis XVI in 1774, it traces the history of France through revolution, terror, and counter-revolution to the final triumph of Napoleon in 1802. It also analyses the impact of events in France upon the rest of Europe and the world beyond. The study shows how a movement which began with optimism and general enthusiasm soon became a tragedy, not only for the ruling orders, but also for the millions of ordinary people whose lives were disrupted by religious upheaval, economic chaos, and civil and international war. Now in its third edition, this volume has been fully updated in the light of current research, and includes an appendix surveying the past and present historiography of the revolutionary period.

Book Deterrence Through Strength

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  • Author : Rebecca Berens Matzke
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 2011-07-01
  • ISBN : 0803235143
  • Pages : 319 pages

Download or read book Deterrence Through Strength written by Rebecca Berens Matzke and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notion of a Pax Britannica?a concept implying that Britain?s overwhelming strength enforced global peace in the era that began with Napoleon?s defeat in 1815?largely ended with the British Empire itself. Although most historians still view this period as a departure from the eighteenth century, when lengthy coalition wars were commonplace, critics argue that Britain had only limited means of exercising power in the nineteenth century and that British military or naval strength played an insignificant role in preserving peace. ø In Deterrence through Strength, Rebecca Berens Matzke reveals how Britain?s diplomatic and naval authority in the early Victorian period was not circumstantial but rather based on real economic and naval strength as well as on resolute political leadership. The Royal Navy?s main role in the nineteenth century was to be a deterrent force, a role it skillfully played. With its intimidating fleet, enhanced by steam technology, its great reserves and ship-building capacity, and its secure financial, economic, and political supports, British naval power posed a genuine threat. In examining three diplomatic crises?in North America, China, and the Mediterranean?Matzke demonstrates that Britain did indeed influence other nations with its navy?s offensive capabilities but always with the goal of preserving peace, stability, and British diplomatic freedom.

Book Discretion Shall Preserve Thee

Download or read book Discretion Shall Preserve Thee written by Patricia Carey Ali and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Historical Dictionary of the Third French Republic  1870 1940

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Third French Republic 1870 1940 written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History

Download or read book History written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of Copyright Entries  Third Series

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1979 with total page 1898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Choice

Download or read book Choice written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Great Lives from History

Download or read book Great Lives from History written by Frank Northen Magill and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This five volume work examines the lives of 450 individuals whose contributions greatly influenced the world's cultures that flourished from the Renaissance through 1900. An annotated bibliography accompanies each entry.