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The world in 1800

Olivier Bernier (Author)
Presents a chronicle of the year 1800, looking at what was happening in civilizations around the world at the dawn of the modern era
Print Book, English, 2000
Wiley, New York, 2000
xi, 452 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
9780471303718, 0471303712
41468629
Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Two Worlds, One World. EUROPE. A Very Great Change. All the Pleasures of Life. Unbeatable Bonaparte. Great Britain and France. Eastern Europe: Dealing with France. NORTH AMERICA. Inventing Politics. Quasi--War and Dangerous Aliens. A Vast New Country. The Spirit of 1800. ANOTHER AMERICA. New Spain, Old Habits. Autonomy or Independence? Peru and Brazil. ASIA. The Center of the World. A Civilized Empire. Splendid Japan. India: The Invention of an Empire. The Middle East: The Ottoman Empire. AFRICA. So Close, So Far. Afterword. Notes. Bibliography. Index.