The Access to History series provides a concise and readable introduction to major topics and periods in European and British History both for the student and the general reader. Study guides for students are included in each chapter. The Concert of Europe presents a clear account of the major problems confronting the Great Powers in the first half to the nineteenth century, with a balanced discussion of the background from which they emerged and the varying responses they aroused. The author illustrates the complexities of the Congress System and assesses the success of the Concert from the Congress of Vienna through the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 to the Treaty of Paris and the subsequent decline to this novel approach to international tensions.
