Table of Contents

This book explains: *Europe in 1870: the nature of the nation state, capitalist economy and society *France and her role from the Second Empire to the Third Republic *Germany: The existence of The Second Reich *The Eastern Question and the nature of the Ottoman Empire *The Austro-Hungarian Empire and the nature of monarchy *Russia 1870-1914: The Tsarist Regime and how Revolution would come *Britain 1870-1914: how free trade and industrialism formed a major part of the Empire *Italy 1870-1914 and the legacy of the unification. *New Imperialism and an explanation of the motives and causes of rivalry *International Relations and the causes of First World War *The Great War 1914-1918 and the effects on Europe as a whole *Historical Concepts and Conclusions and how the west would rise *Model answers that show you how to answer examination questions

About the Author

Dr Johnson is now an accomplished historian at Oxford University in England. Here he gives an overview of the history of a continent from 1870 to 1918.