3. An Empire of Contradictions, 1815–1848

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Names and Places ix
4. List of Maps and Illustrations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Accidental Empire 16
7. 2. Servants and Citizens, Empire and Fatherland, 1780–1815 51
8. 3. An Empire of Contradictions, 1815–1848 103
9. 4. Whose Empire? The Revolutions of 1848–1849 155
10. 5. Mid-Century Modern: The Emergence of a Liberal Empire 218
11. 6. Culture Wars and Wars for Culture 269
12. 7. Everyday Empire, Our Empire, 1880–1914 333
13. 8. War and Radical State-Building, 1914–1925 385
14. Epilogue: The New Empires 442
15. Notes 455
16. Acknowledgments 545
17. Index 549