The Birth of a Great Power System, 1740-1815.
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...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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Series: | Modern European state system.
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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 s. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (450 pages) |
ISBN: | 9781317893547 1317893549 |