xv, 300 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
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unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. 1. The ancien regime -- The Great King dies -- Society -- States and governments -- The powers: war and peace -- pt. 2. War and peace, 1713- 1748 -- Utrecht -- The Northern Lights -- The Anglo- French rapprochement -- The Austrian succession. -- pt. 3. The age of reason -- 1749- 1759 -- Les Philosophes -- Voltaire -- Helvetius. -- pt. 4. War and peace, 1748- 1763 -- The diplomatic revolution -- The seven years' war -- The war overseas -- The Peace of Paris -- pt. 5. The age of the enlightened Despots -- Philosophers and Kings -- Assorted Despots -- Retablissement -- Beyond Retablissement: Joseph II and Catherine II -- pt. 6. Reform and revolution -- Turks and Poles -- The rights of man -- Rousseau and Revolution -- Reform and Revolution in France -- England.
