Author: Nathaniel Harris
Title: Struggle for Supremacy: 1640–1795 (The New Illustrated History of the World)
Publisher: Paul Hamlyn (London, New York, Toronto, Sydney)
Year: 1969 Based on La Connaissance de l’Histoire (Librairie Hachette, 1967)
Format: Hardcover
Condition: Very good
Weight: 1034g
Dimensions: 36 × 31 × 2 cm
Clean pages, solid binding, minor shelf wear.
A beautifully illustrated 1969 first English edition tracing global conflict and power struggles from 1640 to 1795, based on the acclaimed French series La Connaissance de l’Histoire. This volume, Struggle for Supremacy, offers a vivid and accessible account of the major military, political, and cultural transformations that shaped the modern world in the late 17th and 18th centuries from 1640 to the eve of the French Revolution (1795). Written by Oxford historian Nathaniel Harris, and part of The New Illustrated History of the World, the book draws on the original 1967 French edition published by Librairie Hachette.
With full-color illustrations, period artwork, maps, and photos, the book covers:
The rise and fall of European empires and monarchies
Enlightenment thought and the age of reason
The Seven Years’ War and other major global conflicts
Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and the Far East
Latin America, colonial discontent, and cultural shifts
Early explorations of Australia and the Pacific
