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050	0	0	_aD286 _b.R64 1947
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100	1		_aRoberts, Penfield, _d1892-1944.
245	1	4	_aThe quest for security, 1715-1740 / _cby Penfield Roberts.
260			_aNew York ; _aLondon : _bHarper & Brothers, _c1947.
300			_ax, 300 p., [32] p. of plates : _bill., ports. ; _c22 cm.
365			_aGBP _b1.50
490	1		_aThe Rise of modern Europe
500			_aThe plates, which precede t.-p., have half-title: Fifty-four illustrations drawn from unusual sources and specially chosen by the author.
500			_aMap on lining-papers.
500			_a"First edition."
504			_aIncludes bibliography (p. 264-291) and index.
505	0	0	_aMachine derived contents note: Ix -- Chapter I STABILIZATION IN THE WEST L' I -- I The End of the Age of Louis XIV: I The Problem of Stabiliza. -- tion: III The French Succession: IV The Jacobite Failure: V The -- Barrier Problem: VI The Italian Qvuestion: VII Stanhope and Dubois -- as Peacemakers , -- Chapter II STABILIZATION IN THE NORTH AND EAST 21 -- I The Swedish Succession: II The Baltic Question: III Russia and -- Europe: IV The Hapsburg Drang nach Oste: V The Treaty of -- Nystadt: VI. The European Balance in 1721 -- Chapter III THE STRUCTURE or1 PouLITcs 36 -- I The Conservative Reaction: II Revolts of the Nobles: III Church -- and State: IV The Growth of Central Authority -- Chapter IV EcoNOMic EXPERIMENTS 73 -- I The Impoverishment of War: 1 The Bank 'of England and the -- Banque Royale: III Sinking Fund and Visa: IV The Mississippi and -- South Sea Bubbles: V The Ostend Company: VI Asiento and Inter- -- lopers: VII Political Implications of Economic Progress -- Chapter V RESISTANCE TO CHANG , 1 -- I The Force of Tradition: II The Uichanging Countryside: III Sys- -- tems of Land Tenure: IV The Dead Hand: V The Bourgeoisie: -- VI The Corporate Ideal: VII Patronage and Leadership -- Chapter VI THE APPEAL TO NATURE AND REASON 140 -- I Tab:ua Rasa: 1 The Law of Pasimony: III Liberty and Law: -- IV The "Right of Property": V The Enlightenment and the "Cake -- " of Custom": VI A Note on Vico -- Chapter VII THE ARTS 176 -- I Instruments of Progress: II Comforts and Conveniences: III Cere- -- monial as a Useful Art: IV Artifice, Pattern, and Eloquence -- o u -- Chapter VIII THE COURSE OF POLITICS 201 -- I Quieta non movere: II Britain under Walpole: III The Policy of -- Fleury: IV Two Federal States: V Spain and Italy: VI The Ger- -- manies and the Hapsburg World: VII The Muscovite Autocracy: -- VIII The Ottoman Heritage -- Chapter IX THE UNEASY BALANCE ' 240 -- I The Quadruple Alliance: II The Italian Troubles: III The War of -- the Polish Succession: IV War in the East: V The War of Jenkins' -- Ear: VI The Balance Upset -- Chapter X BIBLIOGRAPHY 264.
651		0	_aEurope _xHistory _y18th century.
830		0	_aRise of modern Europe.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0714/47003219.html
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