This comprehensive account analyses the people, places and issues at the heart of modern Europes major historical events. All the major themes, personalities and issues during this period of great upheaval and change are analysed. An ideal reference guide to the period, this book highlights the various developments and changes that have occurred in Europe during the last 200 years and examines the participation of the major European powers in each. Major topics include the Napoleonic era, the unification of Italy and Germany, Victorian England, Fascism and Nazism, the Cold War, and the expansion and consolidation of the European Union."Born in 1936 and educated at Bellary (Karnataka), Belona Vittal Rao received his Master’s Degree in History from the University of Bombay (1962), and obtained his Ph.D., from the University of Pune (1987). He has published numerous research papers in national and international journals and has written several books, viz. History of Modern Europe (1789-1992), History of Europe (1450-1815), World History. Rao is a member of many associations promoting historical and social-science research both in India and abroad."
This comprehensive account analyses the people, places and issues at the heart of modern Europes major historical events. All the major themes, personalities and issues during this period of great upheaval and change are analysed. An ideal reference guide to the period, this book highlights the various developments and changes that have occurred in Europe during the last 200 years and examines the participation of the major European powers in each. Major topics include the Napoleonic era, the unification of Italy and Germany, Victorian England, Fascism and Nazism, the Cold War, and the expansion and consolidation of the European Union."Born in 1936 and educated at Bellary (Karnataka), Belona Vittal Rao received his Master’s Degree in History from the University of Bombay (1962), and obtained his Ph.D., from the University of Pune (1987). He has published numerous research papers in national and international journals and has written several books, viz. History of Modern Europe (1789-1992), History of Europe (1450-1815), World History. Rao is a member of many associations promoting historical and social-science research both in India and abroad."