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1 de sept. de 2016 · Richard J. Evans' The Pursuit of Power recounts the European century between Waterloo and World War I. Evans (author of The Third Reich trilogy) affords readers a remarkably comprehensive look at post-Napoleonic Europe, teeming with anxious statesmen and traumatized peoples barely recovered from two decades of continental war.
29 de nov. de 2016 · “ The Pursuit of Power... unpacks the fascinatingly complex and interconnected range of historical forces at work between 1815 and 1914. . . [A] skillful interweave of political conflict and transition, economic transformation social upheaval and cultural change.”—
1 de ene. de 2022 · Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Access-restricted-item.
29 de nov. de 2016 · The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914. Richard J. Evans. Penguin, Nov 29, 2016 - History - 848 pages. An Economist Best Book of the Year“Sweeping . . . an ambitious synthesis . . . [Evans]...
Richard J. Evans, bestselling historian of Nazi Germany, returns with a monumental new addition to the acclaimed Penguin History of Europe series, covering the period from the fall of Napoleon to the outbreak of World War I. Evans’s gripping narrative ranges across a century of social and national conflicts, from the revolutions of 1830 and 1848...
1 de sept. de 2016 · 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...
“The Pursuit of Power…unpacks the fascinatingly complex and interconnected range of historical forces at work between 1815 and 1914. . . [A] skillful interweave of political conflict and transition, economic transformation social upheaval and cultural change.”—
