The Development of Modern Europe - From the Fall of Metternich to the Eve of World War I (Volume II of II)

Volume II of Robinson & Beard's excellent survey of the development of Europe covers the period spanning post-Congress of Vienna Europe to the eve of World War I and the ultimate implosion of European hegemony. Of specific interest to students of history will be the emphasis placed on the 1848 revolutions and their impact in forging the destiny of the continent that would plunge the world into mass and total warfare. 

Contents include: 

EUROPE AFTER THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA 
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 
REVOLUTION OF 1848 IN FRANCE 
REVOLUTION OF 1848,--AUSTRIA, GERMANY, ITALY 
THE UNIFICATION OF ITALY 
FORMATION OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE AND THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN UNION 
THE GERMAN EMPIRE 
FRANCE UNDER THE THIRD REPUBLIC 
POLITICAL REFORMS IN ENGLAND 
SOCIAL REFORMS IN ENGLAND 
THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 
THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 
TURKEY AND THE EASTERN QUESTION 
THE EXPANSION OF EUROPE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY