Birth of a great power system, 1740-1815 / H.M. Scott.

By:

Scott, H. M. (Hamish M.), 1946-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson/Longman, 2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 433 p. Pbk.: maps ; 23 cmISBN:

9780582217171 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

940.253 SCO 22

Contents:

Introduction: Europe's Emerging Great Power System 1. The European States in 1740 2. The War of Austrian Succession, 1740-1748 3. The Diplomatic Revolution and the Origins of the Seven Years War, 1748-1756 4. The Seven Years War 1756-1763 5. The Eighteenth Century International System 6. The Transformation of the European System, 1763-1775 7. Russian Dominance in Eastern Europe, 1775-1795 8. The Anglo-Bourbon Struggle Overseas and in Europe, 1763-1788 9. Europe and the French Revolution, 1789-1797 10. France's Expansion in Europe 1797-1807 11. Napoleonic Europe 1807-1815 Conclusion: The Eighteenth Century origins of the Nineteenth Century Great Power System Chronology of Principal Events Bibliographical Essay Index.

Summary: The Birth of a Great Power System, 1740-1815 examines a key development in modern European history: the origins and emergence of a competitive state system. H.M. Scott demonstrates how the well-known and dramatic events of these decades - the emergence of Russia and Prussia; the three partitions of Poland; the continuing retreat of the Ottoman Empire; the unprecedented territorial expansion of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, halted by the final defeat of Napoleon - were part of a wider process that created the modern great power system, dominated by Europe's five leading states. Enhanced by maps and a chronology of principal events, this comprehensive and accessible textbook is fully up-to-date in its coverage of recent scholarship. Unlike many other treatments of this period, Scott extends his beyond the French Revolution of 1789 in order to demonstrate how events both before and after this great upheaval merged to produce the central political development in modern European history. This book addresses the crucial phase in the emergence of the modern international system which, with the subsequent addition of the USA, Japan and Russia, has prevailed until the present day.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-409) and index.

Introduction: Europe's Emerging Great Power System
1. The European States in 1740
2. The War of Austrian Succession, 1740-1748
3. The Diplomatic Revolution and the Origins of the Seven Years War, 1748-1756
4. The Seven Years War 1756-1763
5. The Eighteenth Century International System
6. The Transformation of the European System, 1763-1775
7. Russian Dominance in Eastern Europe, 1775-1795
8. The Anglo-Bourbon Struggle Overseas and in Europe, 1763-1788
9. Europe and the French Revolution, 1789-1797
10. France's Expansion in Europe 1797-1807
11. Napoleonic Europe 1807-1815
Conclusion: The Eighteenth Century origins of the Nineteenth Century Great Power System
Chronology of Principal Events
Bibliographical Essay
Index.

The Birth of a Great Power System, 1740-1815 examines a key development in modern European history: the origins and emergence of a competitive state system.

H.M. Scott demonstrates how the well-known and dramatic events of these decades - the emergence of Russia and Prussia; the three partitions of Poland; the continuing retreat of the Ottoman Empire; the unprecedented territorial expansion of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, halted by the final defeat of Napoleon - were part of a wider process that created the modern great power system, dominated by Europe's five leading states.

Enhanced by maps and a chronology of principal events, this comprehensive and accessible textbook is fully up-to-date in its coverage of recent scholarship. Unlike many other treatments of this period, Scott extends his beyond the French Revolution of 1789 in order to demonstrate how events both before and after this great upheaval merged to produce the central political development in modern European history.

This book addresses the crucial phase in the emergence of the modern international system which, with the subsequent addition of the USA, Japan and Russia, has prevailed until the present day.

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