Simms, Brendan.
New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2013]
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Notes:
- Published in 2013 in the United Kingdom by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books –Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-625) and index.
- Introduction: Europe in 1450 — Empires, 1453-1648 — Successions, 1649-1755 — Revolutions, 1756-1813 — Emancipations, 1814-66 — Unifications, 1867-1916 — Utopias, 1917-44 — Partitions, 1945-73 — Democracies, 1974-2011.
- In ‘Europe,’ Brendan Simms presents an authoritative account of the past half-millennium of European history, demonstrating how the battle for mastery there has shaped the modern world.
Subjects:
- Europe — History — 1492-
- Europe — Politics and government.
- Europe — History, Military.
- Europe — History — 15th century.
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