1871-1918

Contains entries that examine significant people, events, and developments in Europe from the onset of the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War I, covering such topics as industrialization, nationalism, mass politics, imperialism, power rivalries, and cultural change. Includes maps, a chronology, and an index.

Contains entries that discuss notable people, events, and developments in Europe from 1789 to 1914, covering industrialization, nationalism, mass politics, imperialism, power rivalries, cultural change, and other topics; arranged alphabetically from Tal to Zollverein.

Contains entries that discuss notable people, events, and developments in Europe from 1789 to 1914, covering industrialization, nationalism, mass politics, imperialism, power rivalries, cultural change, and other topics; arranged alphabetically from Pac to Syphilis.

Contains entries that discuss notable people, events, and developments in Europe from 1789 to 1914, covering industrialization, nationalism, mass politics, imperialism, power rivalries, cultural change, and other topics; arranged alphabetically from Ibsen to Owen.

Contains entries that discuss notable people, events, and developments in Europe from 1789 to 1914, covering industrialization, nationalism, mass politics, imperialism, power rivalries, cultural change, and other topics; arranged alphabetically from A to Colonialism.

The assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne on June 28, 1914, led to the outbreak of World War I. At the end of the war, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had crumbled, and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, had lost their power. The only monarchy remaining was Great Britain's King George V, a first cousin of both the Kaiser and the Tsar.