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  3. The Emergence of the Eastern Powers, 1756–1775
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      16 July 2009
      15 November 2001
      ISBN:
      9780511496905
      9780521792691
      9780521038249
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511496905
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.61kg, 306 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.463kg, 308 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Diplomatic and International History, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Diplomatic and International History, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
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    Throughout the nineteenth century, international relations in Europe were dominated by five great powers - Britain, France, Russia, Austria and Prussia. The creation of this system has been located traditionally in the long struggle with revolutionary and Napoleonic France. By contrast, this study demonstrates that its origins lie half a century earlier. During the third quarter of the eighteenth century, the European states-system was transformed by the military rise of Russia and Prussia in the Seven Years War of 1756–63. Eastern Europe became pre-eminent, and during the 1770s Poland was partitioned for the first time, while Russia and Austria also seized territory from the Ottoman empire. Europe's centre of gravity moved sharply eastwards, and by the later 1770s Russia was emerging as the leading continental power. This study, based upon manuscript and printed sources from six countries, provides a comprehensive analysis of these crucial events.

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    ‘It is an elegant and learned book, and its significance is apparent from the outset. … The quantity and quality of the research underpinning this book are impressive. … The Rise of the Eastern Powers is a notable contribution to our understanding of the history of modern Europe, and a model work of international history.‘

    Source: Institute of Historical Research

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