Making Europe: The Story of the West, Volume II: Since 1550 [2 ed.] 1111841349, 9781111841348

Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Title
Statement
Copyright
Brief Contents
Contents
Maps
Features
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Ch 15: A Century of Crisis, 1550–1650
Chapter Outline
Introduction
Europe’s Economy and Society
The Fate of Spain and the Flourishing of the Netherlands
Political Contests and More Religious Wars
Reformation and Revolution in the British Isles
Christian Reform, Religious Wars, and the Jews
Summary
Test Yourself
Ch 16: State-Building and the European State System, 1648–1789
Chapter Outline
Introduction
Absolutism in France, 1648–1740
The Austrian Habsburgs, 1648–1740
The Rise of Prussia, 1648–1740
Russia and Europe, 1682–1796
The English Constitutional Monarchy, 1660–1740
Two World Wars, 1740–1763
Summary
Test Yourself
Ch 17: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, 1550–1790
Chapter Outline
Introduction
A Revolution in Astronomy
The Impact of the New Science
The Enlightenment
Society and the Enlightenment
Enlightenment Debates
Summary
Test Yourself
Ch 18: Trade and Empire, 1700–1800
Chapter Outline
Introduction
Economic Recovery
The Atlantic World
European Society in the Age of Enlightenment
The Beginning of Industrial Production
Summary
Test Yourself
Ch 19: Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe, 1775–1815
Chapter Outline
Introduction
From Crisis to Constitution, 1775–1789
The Constitutional Monarchy, 1789–1792
The Republic and the Reign of Terror, 1792–1795
The Rise of Napoleon, 1794–1804
The Napoleonic Empire, 1804–1815
Summary
Test Yourself
Ch 20: Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe, 1814–1847
Chapter Outline
Introduction
The Old Order and New Challenges
The Beginnings of Modern Ideology
Political Pressures on the Continent
Reform in Great Britain
Summary
Test Yourself
Ch 21: Industrialization and Society, 1800–1850
Chapter Outline
Introduction
The Spread of Industrialization
The Middle Classes
Working Classes
Critics of Industrialization
Summary
Test Yourself
Ch 22: The Triumph of the Nation-State, 1848–1900
Chapter Outline
Introduction
The Revolutions of 1848
New Nation-States and Nationalist Tensions
The Expanding Role of the State
Nationalism and Its Opponents
Summary
Test Yourself
Ch 23: The Culture of Industrial Europe, 1850–1914
Chapter Outline
Introduction
The Second Industrial Revolution
Mass Society
Art and Industrial Society
Science and Social Science
Summary
Test Yourself
Ch 24: The Age of Imperialism, 1870–1914
Chapter Outline
Introduction
Motives and Methods of the New Imperialism
The Scramble for Africa
The British Raj in India
Imperialism and the Muslim World
The Far East
Consequences and Critics
Summary
Test Yourself
Ch 25: War and Revolution, 1900–1918
Chapter Outline
Introduction
A New Century, 1900–1914
The Unexpected War, 1914
Total War, 1914–1918
Russia in Revolution, 1917
The Turning of the Tide, 1917–1918
Summary
Test Yourself
Ch 26: A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments, 1918–1929
Chapter Outline
Introduction
The Search for Stability, 1918–1924
Postwar Political Experiments, 1924–1929
The New Soviet State
Social and Cultural Experiments
Summary
Test Yourself
Ch 27: Democracy Under Siege, 1929–1945
Chapter Outline
Introduction
Responses to the Great Depression, 1929–1939
The Soviet Union Under Stalin, 1929–1939
The Third Reich, 1933–1945
World War II, 1939–1945
Summary
Test Yourself
Ch 28: Europe Divided, 1945–1968
Chapter Outline
Introduction
The Iron Curtain, 1945–1958
The Revival of Western Europe
The Restructuring of Eastern Europe
Superpower Conflicts and Colonial Independence Movements, 1945–1968
Cultural Developments and Social Protest
Summary
Test Yourself
Ch 29: Lifting the Iron Curtain, 1969–1991
Chapter Outline
Introduction
Politics in Western Europe
Social Change in the West
Growing Crisis in the Communist East
Cultural Leaps over the Wall
The Collapse of the Soviet System, 1989–1991
Summary
Test Yourself
Ch 30: Europe in a Globalizing World, 1991 to the Present
Chapter Outline
Introduction
Eastern Europe After Communism
European Integration
Europe and Globalization
The Future of the West
Summary
Test Yourself
Answers to the Test-Yourself Multiple-Choice Questions
Index