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The nineteenth century
Title statement The nineteenth century : the contradictions of progress / texts by Asa Briggs, John Roberts, James Joll, F. Bédarida, F.M.L. Thompson, John Röhl, Brian Bond, A.P. Thornton, Marcus Cunliffe, Hugh Seton-Watson ; edited by Asa Briggs Another responsib. Briggs, Asa (Author) (Editor) Roberts, John (Author) Joll, James (Author) Bédarida, F. (Author) Thompson, F.M.L. (Author) Röhl, John (Author) Bond, Brian (Author) Thornton, A.P. (Author) Cunliffe, Marcus (Author) Seton-Watson, Hugh (Author) Publication London : Thames and Hudson, 1970 Phys.des. 360 strán : čiernobiele a farebné ilustrácie, fotografie ; čiernobiele mapy, plány ; 36 cm Note Designed and produced by Thames and Hudson, London Obsahuje selektívnu bibliografiu na stranách 346 a 347. Obsahuje zoznam zdrojov a zoznam vyobrazení na stranách 348 až 354. Obsahuje register Incomplete contents Foreword / Asa Briggs -- I The Shape of the Century. Man at the crossroads of history / Asa Briggs -- Two revolutions -- Iron, coal and steam -- The spread of industrialization -- Population and prices -- Europe and the world -- Contours -- II Revolution and Improvement. Politics and society from 1789 to 1851 / John Roberts -- Revolution: symbol, myth, fact -- Anciens régimes, new principles -- Authority restored -- The ideologies that failed -- Faith and freedom -- The new politics -- III Authority and Protest. Patterns of change from 1848 to 1900 / James Joll -- Restored regimes -- Religion and the crisis of conscience -- 'The hangman stands at the door' -- The end of laissez-faire -- The irrationalist challenge -- Art as protest -- IV Cities. Population and the Urban Explosion / F. Bédarida -- 'How vast an increase' -- The ancient city transformed -- New cities for new worlds -- Social geography -- Was the nineteenth-century city sick? -- V Countrysides. The revolution in world agriculture / F.M.L. Thompson -- The need for more food -- The brown and the green -- Revolution and the peasants -- The market revolution -- Agriculture industrialized -- Work, sport and travel -- Challenge from overseas -- VI Nation Building. The birth of the modern state / John Röhl -- 'The French people vote the liberty of the world' -- The expansion of Piedmont -- Romanticism and revolution -- The Austro-Prussian see-saw -- The Ottoman Empire -- Japan: the East westernized -- VII War and Peace. Mechanized warfare and the growth of pacifism / Brian Bond -- The nation in arms -- Peace and professionalism -- New weapons -- Railroad strategy -- 'Modern' warfare -- Armed peace, 1870-1914 -- VIII Overseas Empires. The century of European world power / A.P. Thornton -- Imperial interests -- The white establishment -- 'The charm of power' -- The men who mattered -- Holy Russia -- The heirs of Napoleon -- Germany, the late-comer -- IX The Making of America. Opportunities and problems of a new world / Marcus Cunliffe -- A new order -- Steps to democracy -- Steps to wealth -- The frontier -- The tide of immigration -- Slavery and Civil War -- America defined -- X The Expansion of Russia. Reaction, reform and revolution / Hugh Seton-Watson -- The making of the Russian army -- Peoples of Russia -- The expansion eastward -- Landowners, peasants and serfs -- Autocracy -- Law and revolution -- XI Manners, Morals and Tastes. Changing values in art and society / Asa Briggs -- Pedigrees -- Time, place and immediacy -- Aestheticism -- From Romanticism to Modernism -- Individualism and individuality -- XII Retrospect and Forecast. The nineteenth century faces the future / Asa Briggs -- Balance sheets -- A strong state and a disturbed world -- Science and society -- The shape of things to come Subject Headings 19. stor. dejiny umenie kultúra politika spoločnosť Form, Genre kolektívne monografie Country United Kingdom Language English Copy count 1, currently available 0, at library only 1 Database Books 
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