Revolutionary Europe, 1780-1850

Cover the major political events of this turbulent period and examines the lives or ordinary people and considers broad social and economic developments. Covers four major themes: the economic responses to the rapid rise in population; the transformation of the old regime to a civil society of property owners; the increase in power of the state and the often violent and dramatic struggles for political participation in an age of social crisis and cultural change. Also available in Hardcover 0-582-29447-9 $79.95.