Europe since 1870

Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. xii, 580 pages 23 cm Includes bibliographical references The era of 1870 -- The French Revolution and after -- New inventions and the Industrial Revolution -- Certain intellectual and social changes -- The European states in 1870 -- The military triumphs of Germany, 1864-1871 -- The growth of the new German empire -- The leadership of Germany : the Triple Alliance -- The recovery of France : the Dual Alliance -- Democratic Britain -- Russia -- Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and the Balkans -- Italy, Spain, and the lesser states -- Colonies and imperial expansion -- Triple Alliance and the ententes -- The causes of the Great War [i.e., World War I] -- The Great War -- The settlement of 1920 -- Socialism, syndicalism, and the Russian Revolution