Environment and Nation : : Geographical Factors in the Cultural and Political History of Europe /

Environment and Nation : : Geographical Factors in the Cultural and Political History of Europe / / Griffith Taylor.

This volume discusses the impact of geographical factors on the cultural and political history of Europe with specific chapters dedicated to impacts on the Protestant, Catholic, and Greek Orthodox regions.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Taylor, Griffith,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1936
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (572 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List Of Illustrations
  • Part I. Physical Factors In European History
  • Chapter I. Characteristics Of The Nations
  • Chapter II. Environment And Nation In Britain
  • Chapter III. The Build Of Europe And Its General Effect On History
  • Chapter IV. Climate And History In Europe
  • Part II. Cultural Factors In European History
  • Chapter V. Race, Population And Power
  • Chapter VI. The Language Factor In History
  • Chapter VII. The Historical Approach
  • Chapter VIII. The Rise Of Greece And Rome
  • Chapter IX. The Folk-Wandering And The Fall Of Rome
  • Chapter X. The Expansion And Differentiation Of Christianity In Europe
  • Chapter XI. The Renaissance In Time And Space
  • Part III. The Protestant Nations Of Northwest Europe
  • Chapter XII. Further Geographical Factors In England's History
  • Chapter XIII. Scandinavia And Iceland
  • Chapter XIV. Germany, The Heir Of The Holy Roman Empire
  • Chapter XV. Holland And Belgium
  • Chapter XVI. Switzerland-A Complex Nationality
  • Part IV. The Catholic Nations Of The Southwest And Centre
  • Chapter XVII. Environment And The French Nation
  • Chapter XVIII. Spain-A Nation Founded On A Dry Plateau
  • Chapter XIX. Italy-Disunion In The Apennine Peninsula
  • Chapter XX. Austria-The Crumbling Of An Empire
  • Chapter XXI. The Western Slavs And The Hungarians
  • Chapter XXII. Poland-The Catholic Buffer Nation Of The Great Northern Plain
  • Part V. The Eastern Nations Of Europe
  • Chapter XXIII. Rumania-A Land Of Hybrid Culture And Many Invasions
  • Chapter XXIV. The Balkan States-Byzantine And Turkish Domination Of Complex "Young" Highlands
  • Chapter XXV. Russia-The Land Of Uniform Topography And Culture
  • Chapter XXVI. The East Baltic Region-Dependent States In An Environment Of Moraines
  • Chapter XXVII. Some General Conclusions-National Indices And Future Groupings
  • Index

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