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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.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: earliest times to present day

• Full title: Age of Neutrals
• Subtitle: Great Power Politics, 1815-1914
• Author: Maartje Abbenhuis
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 300
• EAN: 9781107037601
• ISBN: 1107037603
• ID: 02419982
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 564 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 153 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. June 2014

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