Themes in Modern European History 1780-1830 is an authoritative and lively exploration of a period dominated by events which have shaped modern Europe. In a series of articles, six leading academics present some controversial conclusions:* the east/west contrast in Europe today has more to do with responses to the French Revolution of 1789 than the Russian Revolution of 1917* the conservative Europe of 1814 was the product of the Romantic imagnation, not a `Restoration' of the old regimeSpanning political, social, economic and demographic facets of revolutions, this is