The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe. "From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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... Revolution 1603-1649 ( London , 1979 ) ; C. Hill , The Century of Revolution 1603-1714 ( Edinburgh , 1961 ) , pt . 1 ; C. Russell ( ed . ) , The Origins of the English Civil War ( London , 1973 ) ; L. Stone , The Causes of the English ...
... Revolution 1603-1649 ( London , 1979 ) ; C. Hill , The Century of Revolution 1603-1714 ( Edinburgh , 1961 ) , pt . 1 ; C. Russell ( ed . ) , The Origins of the English Civil War ( London , 1973 ) ; L. Stone , The Causes of the English ...
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... Revolution ( New York , 1935 ) ; and Higginbotham , The War of American Independence , ch . 10 ; most recently , Dull , A Diplomatic History of the American Revolution ( New Haven , Conn . , 1985 ) . 72. For what follows , see McKay and ...
... Revolution ( New York , 1935 ) ; and Higginbotham , The War of American Independence , ch . 10 ; most recently , Dull , A Diplomatic History of the American Revolution ( New Haven , Conn . , 1985 ) . 72. For what follows , see McKay and ...
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... Revolution at Versailles 1918-1919 ( London , 1968 ) ; Joll , Europe Since 1870 , ch . 9 , " Revolution and Counter - Revolution . " There is also good detail upon these fears of revolution in C. S. Maier , Recasting Bourgeois Europe ...
... Revolution at Versailles 1918-1919 ( London , 1968 ) ; Joll , Europe Since 1870 , ch . 9 , " Revolution and Counter - Revolution . " There is also good detail upon these fears of revolution in C. S. Maier , Recasting Bourgeois Europe ...
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World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
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The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
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