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This volume was originally published in 1931 and revised for the third edition in 1937. The critical events since that date necessitated a further revision, with a large amount of re-writing and the addition of new chapters which brought the book to the opening of the Second World War.
List of contents
1. Prologue 2. The European Settlement of 1815 3. The Confederation of Europe 4. The Eastern Question 5. Restoration, Reaction, and Revolution - France & Belgium (1815-39) 6. Restoration, Reaction and Reform Germany 7. Restoration, reaction and Revolution Italy (1815-48) 8. The Orleans Monarchy 9. The Year of Revolution i) The Hapsburg Empire ii) The German Constitution iii) The Revolution in Italy 10. The Eastern Question (1830-56) 11. France (1848-59) 12. The Italian
Risorgimento (1849-71) 13. The Hohenzollern and the Hapsburgs 14. The Decine and Fall of the Second Empire the Franco-Prussian War 15. Entr'Acte 16. Imperial Germany 17. Russia, Poland and the Near East 18. The Expansion of Europe (1869-90) 19. The Expansion of Russia - West and East 20. Diplomacy and War 21. The Armed Peace (1890-1911) 22. The Balkan Tangle 23. Italy and Europe (1871-1914) 24. The Balkan League and the Balkan Wars 25. The British Empire (1815-1920) 26. The World War (1914-18) 27. Reconstruction i) The New Map of Europe ii) The German Colonies iii) The League of Nations 28. The Aftermath of War 29. Convalescence: Locarno and After 30. The Descent Towards Avernus 31. The Plunge Into the Abyss.
About the author
J. A. R. Marriott (1858-1945) was a British educationist, historian and Conservative Member of Parliament.
Summary
This volume was originally published in 1931 and revised for the third edition in 1937. The critical events since that date necessitated a further revision, with a large amount of re-writing and the addition of new chapters which brought the book to the opening of the Second World War.
