Enlightenment and Reform in 18th-Century Europe

by Derek Beales

The 18th century was a unique period of global and fundamental change. Britain conquered India and much of America, the American Revolution produced the USA, and Russia expanded vastly. In the field of ideas the Scientific Revolution was consolidated and followed by the Enlightenment. Nationalism flourished, populations surged, and the Commercial and Industrial Revolutions with Western technology eclipsed the East. Few centuries have inspired such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860649505
• ISBN13: 9781860649509
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 8.5"