Europe 1715-1919 explores the tumultuous period in European history between the Age of Enlightenment and World War I. By integrating political, social, economic, and cultural history, Shirley Elson Roessler and Reny Miklos provide an entertaining and comprehensive account of the emergence of modern Europe. With clear and eloquent prose, the book explains the ideas of the Enlightenment and their effect on the social fabric of Europe, the watershed of the French Revolution, the rise and fall of Napoleon, the advances of the Industrial Revolution, and the centrifugal forces of nationalism that led, ultimately, to the disaster of World War I. Eminently readable, Europe 1715-1919 will appeal to students, scholars, and all interested in the history of modern Europe.

Shirley Elson Roessler teaches in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta. She is the author of the award-winning book Out of the Shadows: Women and Politics in the French Revolution, 1789-1795. Reny Miklos is an instructor in the College Preparation program of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.

Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Ideas Shape the Modern StateChapter 3 Age of EnlightenmentChapter 4 Society and CultureChapter 5 Society and EconomicsChapter 6 Society and PoliticsChapter 7 War, Revolution, and the Modern StateChapter 8 International Rivalry in the Eighteenth CenturyChapter 9 Old Regimes under StressChapter 10 The French RevolutionChapter 11 Napoleon BonaparteChapter 12 The Congress of Vienna and the Hundred DaysChapter 13 Industrialization Shapes the Nation StateChapter 14 Revolution in Industry and LabourChapter 15 Politics in the Age of MetternichChapter 16 Reform and RevolutionChapter 17 Industry Transforms SocietyChapter 18 The Challenges of Nation-BuildingChapter 19 War, Revolution, and the Nation StateChapter 20 The Political Landscape:1870-1914Chapter 21 The Road to ConflictChapter 22 The Great War:1914-1918Chapter 23 The End of the Great WarChapter 24 AppendixChapter 25 Bibliography