History of the World, 1815-1920

History of the World, 1815-1920

Today the world is an economic unit. Economic disasters and great revolutions which occur in one part of the world are quickly felt everywhere else... In 1815 the world was still divided into three parts. One of these was virtually isolated from the other two; and these two traded with one another regularly only in certain products. The part which was virtually isolated and which, because of its isolation, was not at all progressive, was the vast region of Eastern Asia. Here Japan was completely inaccessible to foreigners, and China had opened the door only a crack... The second division of the world from an economic point of view consisted of Europe and those parts of America settled by Europeans. The third area comprised the numerous remaining regions which had come within the sphere of European colonial influence. In these latter regions Europeans had secured for themselves privileges for exploiting "colonial wares" which could not be produced in Europe at all, or at least only under unfavorable conditions, because of the climate...

Contents: The Geographical Organization of the World in 1815. The New Economic System. The Economic Consequences of the French Revolution. The "Panic of the French Revolution". Humanitarianism. The Solidarity of International Conservatism. The Establishment of Independent States in Central and South America. The Independence of Greece. The Conservative Alliance and Italy. The Conservative Intervention in Spain. The Collapse of the Conservative System in France. Breaches in the Conservative System in the Other States of Europe. The Collapse of the Old RÃ©gime in England. European Settlement in the United States. The Founding of a French Colonial Empire in North Africa. Russia and the European Advance in Central and Eastern Asia. English Policy in India and Colonial Wars with China. The First Europeanization of a Non-European People (Japan). The Outcome of an Attempt at Colonization in Europe. (The History of Ireland in the Nineteenth Century). The Social Revolution in France. The Crimean War. Russia and the Eastern Question. The Panic over Socialism after the February Revolution. The War of Secession in the United States. The Founding of a Liberal National State in Italy. Germany under Austro-Prussian Rule. The Struggle between Prussia and Austria; Prussia's Conquest of Germany. New Economic Problems. The New Colonial Policy. Africa. Asia and Australasia. The Anglo-Saxon Empires. The Socialist Movement and the Attitude of Governments toward it. The Struggle between Austria and Russia for the Balkans. The World War, 1914-1918.
Country USA
Manufacturer Lecturable
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-12-05
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Lecturable
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-12-05
Format	Kindle eBook

History of the World, 1815-1920

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