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An Age of Neutrals
Maartje Abbenhuis (M.)
Maartje M. Abbenhuis
其他書名
Great Power Politics, 1815–1914
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 2014-06-12
主題
History / Europe / General
History / World
History / Modern / General
History / Modern / 19th Century
Political Science / History & Theory
Political Science / International Relations / General
Political Science / World / European
ISBN
1107037603
9781107037601
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=BIaYAwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
An Age of Neutrals provides a pioneering history of neutrality in Europe and the wider world between the Congress of Vienna and the outbreak of the First World War. The 'long' nineteenth century (1815-1914) was an era of unprecedented industrialization, imperialism and globalization; one which witnessed Europe's economic and political hegemony across the world. Dr Maartje Abbenhuis explores the ways in which neutrality reinforced these interconnected developments. She argues that a passive conception of neutrality has thus far prevented historians from understanding the high regard with which neutrality, as a tool of diplomacy and statecraft and as a popular ideal with numerous applications, was held. This compelling new history exposes neutrality as a vibrant and essential part of the nineteenth-century international system; a powerful instrument used by great and small powers to solve disputes, stabilize international relations and promote a variety of interests within and outside the continent.