History of the Modern World, 10th Edition (Palmer)

Chapter 11: Industries, Ideas, and the Struggle for Reform, 1815-1848

Learning Objectives

The innovations in agriculture, industry, and transportation that led to the industrial revolution that took place in Britain.

The social consequences of the industrial revolution.

The proliferation of doctrines and movements after 1815, most notably, laissez faire political economy, Romanticism, liberalism, radical republicanism, socialism, feminism, and nationalism.

The emergence of cultural nationalism as a program for political action, especially where people of the same nationality were subject to foreign rule.

The fear of revolution after Napoleon's defeat, which led to the entrenchment of reactionary policies.

The congresses of the Great Powers, which were the initial experiments with a system of international regulation by the European countries.

The seeming containment of the revolutionary forces unleashed by the French Revolution, some ten years after Napoleon's defeat.

The successful resurgence of nationalism and revolution in France, Belgium, and Poland after 1830.

The ambiguous impact of the Reform movement in Britain.

The golden age of the bourgeoisie and their influence upon Europe, especially Britain.

The estrangement of labor during the bourgeois age, and the rapid spread of socialism among the working classes.

The growing divide between western Europe's liberalism and eastern Europe's autocratic monarchies.