An introduction to the history of modern Europe

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Preface.--Chronological table of notable events.--Preliminary.--Monarchy as a reformer.--The advent of the revolution.--The Napoleonic despotism.--The quickening of Germany, Italy, and Spain.--Movements in Russia, Scandinavia, and the Ottoman empire.--The industrial revolution in England.--The new mechanics: the new economics.--Positive science: critical philosophy.--National literature in Germany.--Naturalism and the revolution in English literature.--Resultant ideas and tendencies.--Appendix: List of principal sources of information (p. [325]-326); List of additional sources of information (p. 326-329)