The Age of Absolutism (Routledge Revivals)

The Age of Absolutism (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Max Beloff

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-19

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1317816641

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The end of eighteenth century is often regarded as the watershed between the feudal Europe of the Middle Ages and the modern Europe of the nineteenth century and beyond. The chronology covered in this title, first published in 1954, is vast, but covers an intellectually stimulating and exciting period of European history. The pinnacle of absolute monarchy is cemented in Louis XIV’s France, eventually giving way to reform and revolution; the Russian Empire becomes an important player on the Western stage under Peter I and Catherine the Great; America achieves independence; and, the ideas of the Enlightenment begin to change the intellectual and religious landscape. Max Beloff analyses the period in fascinating detail in a now reissued title that will be of particular interest to students of Early Modern History, Politics and European diplomacy.


Absolutism and Ruling Class

Absolutism and Ruling Class

Author: John P. LeDonne

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1991-09-26

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 0195345045

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This is the first comprehensive examination of the Russian ruling elite and its political institutions during an important period of state building, from the emergence of Russia on the stage of world politics around 1700 to the consolidation of its position after the victory over Napoleon. Instead of focusing on the great rulers of the period--Peter, Catherine, and Alexander--the work examines the nobility which alone could make their power effective. LeDonne not only gives a full chronological account of the development of bureaucratic, military, economic, and political institutions in Russia during this period, but also skillfully analyzes the ways in which local agencies and the ruling class exercised control and shared power with the absolute monarchs.


Europe in the Eighteenth Century

Europe in the Eighteenth Century

Author: George F. E. Rudé

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780674269217

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Europe in the Eighteenth Century is a social history of Europe in all its aspects: economic, political, diplomatic military, colonial-expansionist. Crisply and succinctly written, it describes Europe not through a history of individual countries, but in a common context during the three quarters of a century between the death of Louis XIV and the industrial revolution in England and the social and political revolution in France. It presents the development of government, institutions, cities, economies, wars, and the circulation of ideas in terms of social pressures and needs, and stresses growth, interrelationships, and conflict of social classes as agents of historical change, paying particular attention to the role of popular, as well as upper- and middle-class, protest as a factor in that change.


War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savoy, 1690–1720

War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savoy, 1690–1720

Author: Christopher Storrs

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-01-13

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 1139425196

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This book deals with the crucial relationship between war and state formation in early modern Europe by examining the participation of Savoy in the Nine Years War (1688–97) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14) under Duke Victor Amadeus II.


The Modern World-System I

The Modern World-System I

Author: Immanuel Wallerstein

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2011-05-11

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 0520267575

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"The Modern World System", Immanuel Wallerstein's influential multivolume reinterpretation of global history, traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth century to the twentieth. -- From publisher's description.


Imperial Sunset

Imperial Sunset

Author: Max Beloff

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1989-06-18

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 1349083569

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An account of the British Empire, this study examines its transition into the Commonwealth, its policies towards defence, the effect of the world depression, the moves towards trusteeship and indirect rule, its part in World War II and the prospects for the future.


Journalistic Autonomy

Journalistic Autonomy

Author: Henrik Örnebring

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 2022-04-25

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 0826274714

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Winner, 2023 AEJMC Tankard Book Award The idea that journalism should be independent is foundational to its contemporary understandings and its role in democracy. But from what, exactly, should journalism be independent? This book traces the genealogy of the idea of journalistic autonomy, from the press freedom debates of the 17th century up to the digital, networked world of the 21st. Using an eclectic and thought-provoking theoretical framework that draws upon Friedrich Nietzsche, feminist philosophy, and theoretical biology, the authors analyze the deeper meanings and uses of the terms independence and autonomy in journalism. This work tackles, in turn, questions of journalism’s independence from the state, politics, the market, sources, the workplace, the audience, technology, and algorithms. Using broad historical strokes as well as detailed historical case studies, the authors argue that autonomy can only be meaningful if it has a purpose. Unfortunately, for large parts of journalism’s history this purpose has been the maintenance of a societal status quo and the exclusion of large groups of the population from the democratic polity. “Independence,” far from being a shining ideal to which all journalists must aspire, has instead often been used to mask the very dependencies that lie at the heart of journalism. The authors posit, however, that by learning the lessons of history and embracing a purpose fit for the needs of the 21st century world, journalism might reclaim its autonomy and redeem its exclusionary uses of independence.