pt. 1: Introduction, Europe in the "modern age" ; Social and political life under the Ancien râegime ; Intellectual and cultural life, the challenge of the Enlightenment ; The origins of the French Revolution ; The outbreak of the revolution and the monarchist response ; The terror and its aftermath ; The rise of Napoleon, heir of the revolution or new form of tyranny? ; Napoleonic Europe, an epoch of war ; The restoration and reactionary conservatism ; The challenge of liberal nationalism ; Liberal capitalism and the Industrial Revolution, the English experience ; The social impact of the Industrial Revolution -- pt. 2: The revolution in France ; Revolution in Central Europe ; The political implications of the revolution ; The unification of Germany ; The unification of Italy ; The new imperialism ; Race, religion, and greed, explaining European expansion ; Marx and the challenge of socialism ; The social problem and the crisis of liberalism ; A new conservatism, anti-modernism and the origins of facism ; European cultural and intellectual life ; Social norms, social strains in the Belle epoque -- pt. 3: The international system, 1871-1890 ; The breakdown of the international system and the slide toward war ; Nationalism and ethnic conflict in the multi-national empires of central and eastern Europe ; The July crisis and the outbreak of war ; The war to end all wars, the experience of the trenches ; The Treaty of Versailles and the failed peace ; The Bolshevik revolution ; C
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Presents a study of events that shaped modern Europe, from political revolution in the late 18th century to the collapse of communism at the end of the 20th century. Professor Childers details the political, social, cultural, and economic conditions leading to each of these events and traces their implications across the decades.