The Emergence of the Modern European World
Pocketbok. Blackwell - Oxford UK & Cambridge USA. 1991. 502 sidor.
Gott skick.
This is a narrative history of the modern western world, and of four centuries in which the nations of Europe shaped civilized society throughout the globe.
The story encompasses the great revolutions in England, America, France and Russia; the rise of the European and Americans democracies; the acquisition and loss of empire; the demographic transition and the industrial revolution; and the wars that so critically change the course of human history.
This then is history on a grand scale, but the reader will swiftly discover that it is neither devoid of personality nor based on a narrow thesis. To the traditional focus on power, Professor Fox adds the twin themes of culture and environment.
He adds a new focus on the development of the Atlantic community as the chief generator both to the modern world and of liberal democracy.
This is analytical history at its best, packed with incident and insight, written pace and style. It is illustrated 9 maps, and supplemented by an annotated bibliography of further reading, a chronology, and a full index.
