the transformation of european politics 1763 1848

It is an aim that many readers will share and support. Schroeder says so right in his preface: 'The work aims to bring international politics back into the centre of this era of European history, where it once was and where it still belongs' (ix). In other words, it is a diplomatic history. It is rather a lengthy but highly readable and provocative examination of the development of international relations during that period. It does not really deal with the changing nature of politics in Europe between the Seven Years' War and the 'springtime of peoples' in the middle of the nineteenth century. The title of this book is somewhat misleading. APA style: The Transformation of European Politics, 1763-1848.The Transformation of European Politics, 1763-1848.' Retrieved from 1995 Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society, Inc. MLA style: 'The Transformation of European Politics, 1763-1848.' The Free Library.

This wide-ranging and penetrating study will be of great interest to historians, political scientists, and students of international relations. A European consensus on a new political balance was developed, with new rules to maintain it, ushering in a uniquely peaceful, progressive period in European international politics. The Vienna Settlement established peace, he demonstrates, by abandoning, not restoring, the competitive balance-of-power politics of the eighteenth century, and devising a new political equilibrium in its stead. He shows how the practice of international politics was transformed in revolutionary ways with extensive and beneficial effects. Schroeder also provides a new sharply revisionist account of the course of international politics over these years and a major reinterpretation of the structure and operation of the international system. Schroeder examines the wars, political crises, and intricate diplomatic transactions of the age, many of which, especially the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the Congress of Vienna and its aftermath, had far-reaching consequences for modern Europe. Paul Schroeder's comprehensive and authoritative addition to the Oxford History of Modern Europe charts the course of international history over the turbulent era of 1763-1848 in which the map of Europe and much of the world was redrawn time and again. Taylor's classic The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848-1918. This landmark study of European international politics is a worthy complement to A.J.P.

The transformation of european politics 1763 1848