Contributor
Wilson, Peter H.
Imprint:Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2008.
Descriptionxiv, 592 p. ; 26 cm.
Note:PART I. PEOPLE, PRODUCTION, AND CONSUMPTION: Eighteenth-century history and the European environment / Dennis Wheeler -- Gender / Deborah Simonton -- Rural economy and society / Markus Cerman -- Manufacturing, markets, and consumption / Beverly Lemire -- Towns and their inhabitants / Marc Schalenberg -- The eighteenth-century nobility: challenge and renewal / Hamish Scott -- Poverty / Peter H. Wilson -- PART II. CULTURES: The public sphere / Michael Schaich -- Enlightened thought, its critics and competitors / Thomas Munck -- Medicine, medical practice, and public health / Mary Lindemann -- Religion / Joachim Whaley -- Popular culture and sociability / Beat Kümin -- The arts / Mark Berry -- PART III. STATE AND SOCIETY : Russia / Lindsey Hughes -- Poland-Lithuania / Jerzy Lukowski -- The Empire, Austria, and Prussia / Peter H. Wilson -- The Scandinavian kingdoms / Michael Bregnsbo -- The Dutch Republic / J.L. Price -- The Italian states / Gregory Hanlon -- Iberia: Spain and Portugal in the 18th century / Christopher Storrs -- France / Michael Rapport -- Britain and Hanover / Torsten Riotte -- PART IV. INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS : Diplomacy and the great powers / Andrew C. Thompson -- Islam and Europe / Molly Greene -- Europe and the world / Philippe R. Girard -- Europe and the sea / Jan Glete -- PART V. POLITICS AND THE STATE : Dynasticism and the world of the court / Clarissa Campbell Orr -- Absolutism and royal government / Ronald G. Asch -- War, 1688-1812 / Ciro Paoletti -- Participatory politics / David M. Luebke -- The French and European revolutions / Alan Forrest.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
