01843cam a2200373 i 4500 279023084 TxAuBib 20161203120000.0 161007s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016044050 9780670024575 hardcover : alk. paper 0670024570 hardcover : alk. paper TxAuBib rda Evans, Richard J.,. The pursuit of power : Europe 1815-1914 / Richard J. Evans. New York, New York : Viking, [2016] xxiv, 819 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Penguin history of Europe ; 7 First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK. Includes a bibliography and an index. The legacies of revolution -- The paradoxes of freedom -- The European spring -- The social revolution -- The conquest of nature -- The age of emotion -- The challenge of democracy -- The wages of empire. Examines the century between the fall of Napoleon and the outbreak of World War I, discussing events ranging from the crumbling of the Spanish, Ottoman, and Mughal empires and the rise of British imperial ambition to the violent revolution in Spain and the unifications of Germany and Italy. 20161203. MG. km. Europe Politics and government 1815-1871. Europe Politics and government 1871-1918. Europe History 1815-1871. Europe History 1871-1918. Penguin history of Europe ; 7.