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Highlighting the most important events, ideas, and individuals that shaped modern Europe, A Concise History of Modern Europe provides a readable, succinct history of the continent from the Enlightenment and the French Revolution to the present day. Avoiding a detailed, lengthy chronology, the book focuses on key events and ideas to explore the causes and consequences of revolutionsbe they political, economic, or scientific; the origins and development of human rights and democracy; and issues of European identity. Any reader needing a broad overview of the sweep of European history since 1789 will find this book an engaging and cohesive narrative.
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Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Old Regime and the Enlightenment Chapter 3 The French Revolution and Napoleon Chapter 4 The Industrial Revolution and the Birth of Capitalism Chapter 5 1848: The Peoples' Spring Chapter 6 Marx, Marxism, and Socialism Chapter 7 Darwinism and Social Darwinism Chapter 8 The Unifications of Italy and Germany Chapter 9 The Age of Imperialism and the Scramble for Africa Chapter 10 World War I Chapter 11 The Russian Revolution and Communism Chapter 12 World War II and the Holocaust Chapter 13 Europe Divided, the Cold War, and Decolonization Chapter 14 1989: The Collapse of Communism and End of the Cold War Chapter 15 The European Union: Europe United and Free? Chapter 16 Conclusion Chapter 17 Glossary Chapter 18 Suggestions for Additional Reading
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David S. Mason is professor emeritus at Butler University.
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This volume encompasses the compounds of boron with Cl, Br, I, S, Se, and
Te. The large final chapter treats carboranes and metallocarboranes and
gives a listing of carborane-containing polymers. Each chapter continues
the corresponding chapter of the preceding supplement series, thus keeping
information of the desired topics current. Among the wealth of boron compounds
two of these may be especially mentioned: BCl3 and carboranes containing
five boron atoms. Boron trichloride has become an important chemical agent,
and much is known of its preparation, purification, and application. BCl3
is a preferred boron-supplying compound in chemical vapor deposition to
prepare boron carbide or boron nitride. BC13 is also frequently used in
dry-etching, boriding, and doping processes, and as a polymerization catalyst.
Recent interest in the field of C2B5H7 carboranes and their derivatives
stems from detailed investigations on a large number of isomerisation reactions
and their mechanisms.
