Charles Downer Hazen – författare

To all thoughtful people World War I has brought to intention the importance of a knowledge of 19th Century European history. For without such knowledge no one can understand, or begin to understand, the significance of the forces that have made it, the vastness of the issues involved, the nature of what is indisputably one of the gravest crises in the history of mankind. No citizen of a free country who takes his citizenship seriously, who considers himself responsible, to the full extent of his personal influence, for the character and conduct of his government, can, without the crudest self-stultification, admit that he knows nothing and cares nothing about the history of Europe.Contents:The Old Regime in EuropeThe Old Regime in FranceBeginnings of the RevolutionThe Making of the ConstitutionThe Legislative AssemblyThe ConventionThe DirectoryThe ConsulateThe Early Years of the EmpireThe Empire at Its HeightThe Decline and Fall of NapoleonThe CongressesFrance Under the RestorationRevolutions Beyond FranceThe Reign of Louis PhilippeCentral Europe in RevoltThe Second French Republic and the Founding of the Second EmpireThe Making of the Kingdom of ItalyThe Unification of GermanyThe Second Empire and the Franco-Prussian WarThe German EmpireFrance Under the Third RepublicThe Kingdom of Italy Since 1870Austria-Hungary Since 1848England From 1815 to 1868England Since 1868The British EmpireThe Partition of AfricaSpain and PortugalHolland and Belgium Since 1830SwitzerlandThe Scandinavian StatesThe Disruption of the Ottoman Empire and the Rise of the Balkan StatesRussia to the War With JapanThe Far EastRussia Since the 1905 War With JapanThe Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913The European WarMaking the Peace

The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine was a territory created by the German Empire in 1871, after it annexed most of Alsace and the Moselle department of Lorraine following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War. The Alsatian part lay in the Rhine Valley on the west bank of the Rhine River and east of the Vosges Mountains. The Lorraine section was in the upper Moselle valley to the north of the Vosges.Contents: The Treaty of Frankfort Alsace-Lorraine Before the Treaty of FrankfortWhy Germany Annexed Alsace-LorraineThe Victim''s PrivilegeAlsace-Lorraine, 1871-1890Alsace-Lorraine, 1890-1911 The Constitution of 1911The Saverne Affair

"The fifty years that have elapsed since the Franco-Prussian War possess a unity that is quite exceptional among the so-called "periods" of history. They constitute a period of German ascendancy in Europe, a ascendancy acquired by force, maintained by force, an dedicated to the perpetuation and the extension of the rule of force -- that is, to the great principle that might makes right. Within that era are included the rise and the fall of the German Empire, whose history was summarized in a lapidary phrase pronounced by President Poincaré at the opening of the Conference of Paris "It was born in injustice; it has ended in opprobrium."

This meticulously edited Charles Downer Hazen collection includes monographs on XIX century European history from this notable American historian.Contents: The Long Nineteenth Century: A History of Europe from 1789 to 1918Alsace-Lorraine Under German RuleThe French Revolution and NapoleonThe Rise of Empires: European History, 1870-1919 The Government of Germany Old Northampton

The modern era has unfolded in the shadow of the French Revolution. Almost all future revolutionary movements looked back to the Revolution as their predecessor. Its central phrases and cultural symbols, such as La Marseillaise and Liberté, fraternité, égalité, ou la mort, became the clarion call for other major upheavals in modern history, including the Russian Revolution over a century later.The values and institutions of the Revolution dominate French politics to this day. The Revolution resulted in the suppression of the feudal system, emancipation of the individual, a greater division of landed property, abolition of the privileges of noble birth, and nominal establishment of equality among men. The French Revolution differed from other revolutions in being not only national, for it intended to benefit all humanity.Contents:Old Regime in EuropeThe Old Regime in FranceBeginnings of the RevolutionThe Making of the ConstitutionThe Legislative AssemblyThe ConventionThe DirectoryThe ConsulateThe Early Years of the EmpireThe Empire at Its HeightThe Decline and Fall of Napoleon

The Age of Revolution is the period from approximately 1774 to 1849 in which a number of significant revolutionary movements occurred in many parts of Europe and the Americas. The period is noted for the change in government from absolutist monarchies to constitutionalist states and republics. Two most significant events of the period were the American Revolution and the French Revolution. This book gives the complete insight into these events, explaining the causes and consequences of two major revolutions that changed the entire course of human history.

The Age of Revolution is the period from approximately 1774 to 1849 in which a number of significant revolutionary movements occurred in many parts of Europe and the Americas. The period is noted for the change in government from absolutist monarchies to constitutionalist states and republics. Two most significant events of the period were the American Revolution and the French Revolution. This edition will give you the complete insight into these events, explaining the causes, connections and consequences of these two major revolutions that changed the entire course of human history.