TY  - BOOK
AU  - Evans,Richard J
TI  - PURSUIT OF POWER: Europe 1815-1914 
T2  - Penguin History of Europe
SN  - 9780713990881
U1  - 940.28 
PY  - 2016////01/01
CY  - UK
PB  - Allen Lane -Penguin
KW  - Europe--Politics and government--1815-1871
KW  - Europe--Politics and government--1871-1918
KW  - Europe--History--1815-1871
KW  - Europe--History--1871-1918
KW  - Contents:- The legacies of revolution -- The paradoxes of freedom -- The European spring -- The social revolution -- The conquest of nature -- The age of emotion -- The challenge of democracy -- The wages of empire
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - 1815-1871
KW  - 1871-1918
N1  - The Pursuit of Power draws on a lifetime of thinking about nineteenth-century Europe to create an extraordinarily rich, surprising and entertaining panorama of a continent undergoing drastic transformation. The book aims to reignite the sense of wonder that permeated this remarkable era, as rulers and ruled navigated overwhelming cultural, political and technological changes. It was a time where what was seen as modern with amazing speed appeared old-fashioned, where huge cities sprang up in a generation, new European countries were created and where, for the first time, humans could communicate almost instantly over thousands of miles. In the period bounded by the Battle of Waterloo and the outbreak of World War I, Europe dominated the rest of the world as never before or since: this book breaks new ground by showing how the continent shaped, and was shaped by, its interactions with other parts of the globe.

Richard Evans explores fully the revolutions, empire-building and wars that marked the nineteenth century, but the book is about so much more, whether it is illness, serfdom, religion or philosophy. The Pursuit of Power is a work by a historian at the height of his powers: essential for anyone trying to understand Europe, then or now; Includes bibliographical references and index
ER  -