The Birth of the Modern: World Society, 1815-1830 (Phoenix Giants) - Softcover

PAUL JOHNSON

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857993667 ISBN 13: 9781857993660

Publisher: WEIDENFELD NICHOLSON HISTORY, 1997

Synopsis

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A New York Times Notable Book for 1991

This is an extraordinary chronicle of the fifteen years, 1815-1830, that laid the foundations of modern society. It is a history of people, ideas, politics, manners, morals, economics, art, science and technology, diplomacy, business and commerce, literature, and revolution.

From Wellington at Waterloo and Jackson at New Orleans to the surge of democratic power and reform, this tumultuous period saw the United States transform itself from an ex-colony into a formidable nation, Britain become the first industrial world power, Russia develop the fatal flaws that would engulf her in the twentieth century, and China and Japan set the stage for future development and catastrophe. Provocative, challenging, and listenable, this remarkable story is told through the lives and actions of its outstanding, curious, and ordinary people.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The extraordinary, bestselling chronicle of the period that laid the foundations of the modern world.

About the Author:

PAUL JOHNSON is a historian whose work ranges over the millennia and the whole gamut of human activities. He regularly writes book reviews for several UK magazines and newspapers, such as the Literary Review and the Spectator, and he lectures around the world. He lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: WEIDENFELD NICHOLSON HISTORY
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1857993667
• ISBN 13: 9781857993660
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1120