The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914 (Hardcover) by Richard J Evans

from charlie68

Covers an enormous subject with relative brevity and wit. The nineteenth century of Europe was a time of tremendous change and yet it is not that different from modern times.

from rivkat

The period roughly covering the nineteenth century in Europe (up to WWI) was the time when Europe pulled away from the rest of the world in wealth, largely by extracting that wealth from the rest of the world through conquest and some trade. Evans covers the history of Britain, France, Germany, a...

from Schmerguls

The Pursuit of Power Europe 1815-1914, by Richard J. Evans (read 19 Feb 2017) This is a volume in the Penquin History of Europe and is the third volume in that series I have read, the others being Europe in the High Middle Ages, by William Jordan (read 6 Mar 2004) and To Hell and Back, by Ian Ker...

from billt568

An exhaustive dense work that touches on every aspect of European public life in the 19th century. I cannot say it was entirely enjoyable, but my admiration for the scope and ambition of this work is fairly high.

from stillatim

Evans chooses the encyclopaedic approach here: an endless number of mini-essays on various topics, with huge information dumps included. That sounds awful, but the genius of this book lies in i) its organization; ii) Evans's prose; iii) Evans's eye for detail. i) No matter what you're interested ...