The triumph of the middle classes : a study of European values in the nineteenth century / Charles Morazé
1966, First Edition. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #480182
Physical description; xv, 414 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Notes; Translation of Les bourgeois conquérants, XIX siecle. Bibliography: p. [359]-399. Contents; Part one. Young Europe, Old Worlds, 1780 -- Europe Rises in the West -- Progress crosses the Atlantic -- The call of Asia -- Part two. The bourgeois revolution, 1780-1840 -- The West and its tools -- The middle classes take over -- The man of 1830 -- The European worlds -- Part three. Capitilist and industrial Europe, 1840-1880 -- The victory of industry -- Industrial nationalism -- The town-dweller -- Part four. The conquest of the world, 1840-1895 -- The maritime successes of Western capitalism -- The continents resist -- Changes in Europe and Africa. Subjects; Economic history 1750-1918. Middle class Europe. Social history 19th century. Nineteenth century. Middle classes Europe. European history. Middle class.
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