The Ascendancy of Europe

`Packed with shrewdness, wisdom and well-directed erudition...invaluable.      British Book News

`An exceptionally helpful guide to a much deeper understanding of European history in these years.
History

`Professor Andersons book is one of the few that explains economic, social, military, intellectual and colonial developments in a clear, precise and engaging manner.
Teaching History

`Well-written, stimulating, thoughtful
French History

In this well-known, best-selling book M S Anderson explores the major aspects of European history in the century from the Congress of Vienna to the First World War. More than a narrative of political or other events, this is a series of challenging analytical surveys on a comparative and continent-wide basis. `The Ascendancy of Europe, 1815-1914 gives full weight not only to political and economic factors but also to social and intellectual ones.

For the third edition, Professor Anderson has reworked the text, added a new preface and revised introduction and has updated the bibliography.

M S Anderson is Professor Emeritus of International History in the University of London. His many works include, `The Origins of the Modern European State System (1998), `Peter the Great (1995) and `Europe in the Eighteenth Century (1997).