VII Eighteenth Century.

Provides an overview of books about the social history of Great Britain and Europe in the 18th century, published as of 2003. Politics in western and eastern Europe featured in "Fractured Europe, 1600-1721," by D. J. Sturdy; Impact of Napoleonic France on the Italian, Spanish and German states discussed in "Napoléon et l'Europe," by J. C. Martin; Role of the military based on the observations of author J. Black in his book "Warfare in the Eighteenth Century"; Emergence of several states in Europe emphasized in "The Birth of the Great Power System, 1740-1815," by H. Scott.