Europe 1760-1871: A-Level (Flagship History No. 2)

Description:
A comprehensive AS and A-level History text on Europe in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Includes historical interpretations, document source questions, explanation of difficult words and concepts and a study skills section for exam preparation. Synoptic Chapter 1760-1871 1. Enlightened Despotism: A Comparative Study of Frederick the Great, Joseph II and Catherine the Great 2. The causes of the French revolution 3. The French Revolution 1789-99 4. Europe in the Age of the French Revolution 1789-99 5. Napoleon and Europe 6. International Relations from the Congress of Vienna to 1848 7. France 1815-1848 8. The German Confederation and Austria 1815-1848 9. Italy 1815-184 10. Russia 1801-1871 11. The Revolutions of 1848-9 12. France: Republic and Empire 1848-1870 13. The Unification of Italy 14. The Unification of Germany

Review:
Of the first book in the series Britain 1815-1918: Put out more flags: 'Hard-pressed heads of History with budgets to manage must have been waiting impatiently for years for someone to reinvent the one-volume textbook at a reasonable price. Collins have done it.' TES

Table of Contents:
Enlightened despotism - a comparative study of Frederick the Great, Joseph II and Catherine the Great; the causes of the French revolution; the French revolution 1789-99; Europe in the age of the French Revolution 1789-99; Napoleon and Europe; international relations from the Congress of Vienna to 1848; France 1815-1848.

Author Biography:
Derrick Murphy is Head of History, St Ambrose College, Altrincham, Cheshire; NEAB Chief Examiner; International Baccalaureate Examiner Terry Morris is Head of History, University College School, London. Author of European History 1848 -1945 Richard Staton is Senior History Teacher, Wath Comprehensive School, Rotherham. Chair of Examiners, NEAB History. Sally Waller is Head of History, Worcester VI Form College, AEB Chief Examiner (18/19th-century Europe)