The Old European Order 1660-1800
Second Edition
William Doyle
Price: £26.50 (paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-820387-2
Publication date: 26 November 1992
460 pages, 7 maps, 234x156 mm
Series: Short Oxford History of the Modern World
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| Description | This survey of European history covers a period of one and a half centuries which witnessed the beginnings of the contemporary world. In his account of the economic, social, intellectual and governmental structure and development of pre-revolutionary Europe, the author stresses throughout the importance of economic and social trends, and places emphasis on the analysis of the structure of
society as well as the narration of events. He shows how the contradictions of the old order contributed to a crisis which affected several of the major states in the late eighteenth century, when the growth of governmental power led to a series of clashes between governments and governing classes. Out of these conflicts, particularly in France, arose a revolutionary crisis. The nature of this
crisis, and the impact of the change it produced, are examined in detail in the final section of the book.
For this second edition, Professor Doyle has revised the text of the book, and comprehensively updated the Bibliography. |
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Students of modern European political, social, and economic history; especially on sixth-form and first and second-year undergraduate courses on eighteenth-century Europe, the ancien régime
, or the Enlightenment; supplementary reading for courses on the French Revolution and the development of modern Europe.
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William Doyle, Professor of History, University of Bristol
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