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DAVID THOMSON EUROPE SINCE NAPOLEON LONGMANS LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO LTD 48 Grosvenor Street, London W.1 Associated companies, branches and representatives throughout the world First published in the U.S.A. 1923 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY LOWE AND BRYDONE (PRINTERS) LTD., LONDON CONTENTS PART L. Europe in the Melting Pot, 1789-1814 1. Revolution in France THE REVOLUTIONARY SITUATION ‘THE CRISIS OF 1789 ‘THE ROOTS OF WAR 2. France at War THE JACOBIN TERROR THE DIRECTORY ‘THE IMPACT ON EUROPE 3. Dictatorship in France NAPOLEON BONAPARTE INTERNAL REORGANIZATION ‘THE RENEWAL OF WAR 4. Napoleonic Empire ‘THE EMPIRE AND ITS EFFECTS DESTRUCTION OF THE EMPIRE THE NAPOLEONIC ERA PART Il. Europe in 1815 5. The Unity and Disunity of Europe in 1815 INTERNAL COHESION AND DIVERSITY EXTERNAL PRESSURES AND CONNECTIONS REGIONAL DIFFERENCES RIVAL CONCEPTIONS OF EUROPEAN ORDER 6. The Forces of Continuity ‘THE INSTITUTIONS OF MONARCHY THE CHURCH ‘THE LANDOWNERS THE POPULARITY OF PEACE 59 62 65 69 ” 19 79 85 xiv Contents 7. The Forces of Change GROWTH OF POPULATION INDUSTRIALISM AND URBANISM NATIONALISM. LIBERALISM, DEMOCRACY, SOCIALISM PART IIL The Age of Revolutions, 1815-50 8. The Phase of Conservatism, 1815-30 THE SYSTEM OF METHERNICH CONGRESS DIPLOMACY ‘THE ROMANTIC REVOLUTIONARIES ‘NEW WINE IN OLD BOTTLES The Liberal Revolutions of 1830-33 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ‘THE REVOLUTIONARY TIDE “NOW HALF DISSOLVING TO A LIBERAL THAW” 10. The Economic Revolution of 1830-48 WESTERN ECONOMIC FXPANSION

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