INDICE: List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments Maps Introduction: Peter H. Wilson (University of Hull) Part I: People, Production, and Consumption 1. Eighteenth-Century History and the European Environment: Dennis Wheeler (University of Sunderland) 2. Gender: Deborah Simonton (University of Southern Denmark) 3. Rural Economy and Society: Markus Cerman (Universityof Vienna) 4. Manufacturing, Markets, and Consumption: Beverly Lemire (University of Alberta) 5. Towns and their Inhabitants: Marc Schalenberg (University of Zurich) 6. The Eighteenth-Century Nobility: Challenge and Renewal: Hamish Scott (University of St Andrews) 7. Poverty: Peter H. Wilson (University of Hull) Part II: Cultures 8. The Public Sphere: Michael Schaich (German Historical Institute, London) 9. Enlightened Thought, its Critics and Competitors: ThomasMunck (University of Glasgow) 10. Medicine, Medical Practice, and Public Health: Mary Lindemann (University of Miami) 11. Religion: Joachim Whaley (Gonville and Caius, Cambridge) 12. Popular Culture and Sociability: Beat Kümin (University of Warwick) 13. The Arts: Mark Berry (Peterhouse, Cambridge) Part III: State and Society 14. Russia: †Lindsey Hughes 15. Poland-Lithuania: Jerzy Lukowski (University of Birmingham) 16. The Empire, Austria, and Prussia: Peter H. Wilson (University of Hull) 17. The Scandinavian Kingdoms: Michael Bregnsbo (University of Southern Denmark, Odense) 18. The Dutch Republic: J. L. Price (University of Hull) 19. The Italian States: Gregory Hanlon (Dalhousie University, Halifax) 20. Iberia: Spain and Portugal in the Eighteenth Century: Christopher Storrs (University of Dundee) 21. France: Michael Rapport (University of Stirling) 22. Britain and Hanover: Torsten Riotte (German Historical Institute, London) Part IV: International Connections 23. Diplomacy and the Great Powers: Andrew C. Thompson (Queens' College Cambridge) 24. Islam and Europe: Molly Greene (Princeton University) 25. Europe and the World: Philippe R. Girard (McNeese State University, Louisiana) 26. Europe and the Sea: Jan Glete (StockholmUniversity) Part V: Politics and the State 27. Dynasticism and the World of the Court: Clarissa Campbell Orr (Anglia Ruskin University) 28. Absolutism andRoyal Government: Ronald G. Asch (Freiburg University) 29. War, 1688--1812: Ciro Paoletti (Association for Military and Historical Studies) 30. Participatory Politics: David M. Luebke (University of Oregon) 31. The French and European Revolutions: Alan Forrest (University of York) Bibliography Index
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-3947-2
- Editorial: Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 616
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2008
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- Idioma: Inglés