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• Physical Description: xv, 599 p. ; 22 cm.
• Edition: [1st U.S. ed.].
• Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, 1970

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-562) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Holland: from Golden Age to Periwig Period -- Spain: seventeenth-century decline -- Spain: eighteenth-century revival -- France: the inheritance of Louis XIV -- France: Louis XIV and the foundation of the Ancien Regime -- France: society in the eighteenth century -- France: the collapse of the Ancien Regime -- Russia: from Grand Duchy to world empire -- Russia: the growth of autocracy -- Russia: the influence of The West -- Russia: lord and serf -- Prussia: the Great Elector -- Prussia: Frederick I and Frederick William I -- Prussia: absolutism and Prussianism -- Prussia: Frederick the Great -- Austria: the rise of the Austrian monarchy, 1620-1740 -- Austria: Maria Theresa, 1740-80 -- Austria: Joseph II, 1780-90 -- Britain: mixed monarchy -- Britain: social evolution and world power -- Conclusion: Radical Movement ; The Industrial Revolution.

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Europe > Politics and government > 1648-1789.
Europe > Economic conditions.
Economic history.
Political science.
Europe.