The Transformation of European Politics, 1763-1848

Paul W. Schroeder

Clarendon Press, 1994 - Political Science - 894 pages

This is the only modern study of European international politics to cover the entire timespan from 1763 to 1848. Paul Schroeder's comprehensive and authoritative volume charts the course of international history over this turbulent period, in which the map of Europe was redrawn time and time again. He examines the wars, political crises, and diplomatic opportunities of the age, many of which--the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the Congress of Vienna and its aftermath--had far-reaching consequences for modern Europe. This book is a worthy complement to A. J. P. Taylor's classic The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848-1918

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Contents

• THE EUROPEAN SYSTEM 17631787: 3
• WAR AND REVOLUTION 17871792: 53
• Austrias Crises in West and East: 61
• THE FIRST COALITION 17921797: 100
• THE SECOND COALITION 17981802: 177
• TILSIT UNDERMINED 18071809: 324
• NAPOLEONS EMPIRE AND: 371
• The Crisis in France and the War against Europe: 398
• Britains Survival: 412
• THE CONGRESS ERA 18151823: 583
• GREECE AND THE RUSSOTURKISH WAR: 637
• REVOLUTIONS PROGRESS AND STANDSTILL: 666
• The Belgian Question: 670
• Italy: 691
• Germany: 699
• The Polish Revolt and the European Reaction: 705
• Two Sideshows: 709
• DECEPTIVE CALM AND STORMS 18331841: 712
• Spain Portugal and the Western Powers: 720
• The First Eastern Crisis Over Ottoman Survival: 726
• The Second Eastern Crisis Over European Hegemony: 736
• The Great Game in Asia to 1842: 756
• THE SHADOW OF REVOLUTION 18411848: 764
• The AngloFrench Entente 1841 1846: 765
• Austria and Italy: 775
• Germany and Central Europe 18411848: 782
• The Outlook in 1848: 797
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 805
• INDEX: 879

About the author

Paul Schroeder is author of The Axis Alliance and Japanese-American Relations 1941 (Cornell University Press, 1958), Metternich's Diplomacy at its Zenith 1820-1823 (University of Texas Press, 1962; pbk 1976), and Austria, Great Britain, and the Crimean War: The Destruction of the European Concert (Cornell University Press, 1972). He is on the editorial board of, amongst others, International History Review, and American Historical Review, and was elected Peace Fellow by the United States Institute of Peace in 1992.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Transformation of European Politics, 1763-1848; Oxford history of modern Europe
• Author: Paul W. Schroeder
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1994
• ISBN: 0198206542, 9780198206545
• Length: 894 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties