Day: January 25, 2020

French revolution and aftermath, 1789-1815: Part II Causes of Revolution (Condition of France on the eve of the French Revolution) Evils of Absolutism: The government of France was highly centralised monarchy. The representative institutions which France had at one time possessed, had either been destroyed or brought under King’s control. The States-General (the feudal parliament […]

French revolution and aftermath, 1789-1815: Part I The French Revolution was an influential period of social and political upheaval in France. It was one of the most important events in human history. selfstudyhistory.com Inspired by liberal and radical ideas, the Revolution profoundly altered the course of modern history, triggering the global decline of theocracies and […]

Nationalism: State-building in Italy- Part V Comparison between Italian Unification and German Unification The Italian unification and German unification which took place in 1870/71 reveals several similarities as well as dissimilarities: selfstudyhistory.com Similarities: Both effected almost simultaneously: 1870/71. Both were divided in smaller states, with lack of unity and states jealous of each other. Both […]

British Democratic Politics 1815-1850 – Parliamentary Reformers, Free Traders, Chartists- Part III Free Traders The debate over the benefits of free trade versus the need for protectionism intensified during the early part of the nineteenth century. selfstudyhistory.com In Britain, vested interest groups sought to protect their enterprises from foreign competition and assure access to inputs […]

British Democratic Politics 1815-1850 – Parliamentary Reformers, Free Traders, Chartists- Part II Chartism Chartism was a working-class movement for political reform in Britain which existed from 1838 to 1848. selfstudyhistory.com It was the first organised labour movement in modern Britain. Support for the movement was at its highest in 1839, 1842 and 1848 when petitions […]

British Democratic Politics, 1815 -1850; Parliamentary Reformers, Free Traders, Chartists- Part II Significance of the Reform Act 1832 The Reform Act was not a piece of timeless constitution-making, the product of a full and dispassionate consideration of the nation’s needs. selfstudyhistory.com It was a compromise stitched together during a crisis. It dissatisfied a substantial majority […]

Unification of Europe: Post War Foundations: NATO- Part II NATO after the Cold War The Revolutions of 1989 and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact in 1991 removed the de facto main adversary of NATO and caused a strategic re-evaluation of NATO’s purpose, nature, tasks, and their focus on the continent of Europe. selfstudyhistory.com This shift […]

Emergence of Third World and Non-alignment: Part II  Criticism of NAM In principle, the responsibility of NAM is to ensure the neutrality of nations, but in practice many NAM countries have not lived up to it. selfstudyhistory.com At the Hawana Conference of NAM (1970), it came to the surface that this movement had been divided […]

World War I- Part V: Impact of the World War I Impact of the World War I The impact of the war was extraordinarily wide-ranging, which was not surprising given that it was the first ‘total war’ in history. This means that it involved not just armies and navies but entire populations, and it was […]