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9780143113898
In 1648, Europe was essentially a medieval society. By 1815, it was the powerhouse of the modern world. In exuberant prose, Tim Blanning investigates athe very hinge of European historya ("The New York Times") between the end of the Thirty Y earsa War and the Battle of Waterloo that witnessed five of the modern worldas great revolutions: scientific, industrial, American, French, and romantic. Blanning renders this vast subject digestible and absorbing by making fresh connections between the most mundane details of life and the major cultural, political, and technological transformations that birthed the modern age.Blanning, Tim is the author of 'The Pursuit of Glory', published 2008 under ISBN 9780143113898 and ISBN 0143113895.
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