Cambridge International AS Level European History 1789–1917

Contents

• Introduction
• 1. The French Revolution and Napoleon 1789–1804
• The aims and domestic problems of French politicians 1789–95
• The instability of French governments 1791–95
• Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power
• Napoleon's domestic aims 1799–1804
• 2. The Industrial Revolution c.1800–50
• Causes of the Industrial Revolution by 1800
• What factors encouraged and discouraged industrialisation from 1800 to 1850?
• The social effects of the Industrial Revolution on different classes
• The political effects of the Industrial Revolution up to 1850
• 3. Liberalism and nationalism: Italy and Germany 1830–71
• The rise of nationalism in Germany and Italy
• Prussia and the unification of Germany
• Italian leaders and the unification of Italy
• 4. The origins of the First World War
• The development of the alliance system
• Militarism and the naval race
• Instability in the Balkans
• Reasons for the outbreak of war in 1914
• 5. The Russian Revolution 1905–17
• Russia at the beginning of the 20th century
• The causes and immediate outcomes of the 1905 Revolution
• The strengths and weaknesses of Romanov rule 1906–14
• The causes of the February Revolution in 1917
• The Bolsheviks' rise to power
• 6. Examination skills
• What skills will examiners be testing and how?
• Knowledge and understanding questions
• Analysis and evaluation questions
• Source-based questions
• Examination technique
• Index
• Acknowledgements.
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