角川まんが学習シリーズ 世界の歴史 12 ヨーロッパ再編とアメリカの台頭 一八六〇~一八九〇年

角川まんが学習シリーズ 世界の歴史 #12

by 羽田 正

三つの「革命」の衝撃は数十年のうちに世界全体に及び、各地域、各国で異なる反応を引き起こします。アメリカの南北戦争、国民国家イタリア、ドイツの成立、ロシアの農奴解放、オスマン帝国や日本における憲法制定などなど。国ごとにバラバラに生じているように見える事象は、三つの革命への対応という意味で、深いところではつながっていました。横のつながりに注目して当時の世界の動向を把握してみましょう。

Tankobon Hardcover

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Volume 12 starts with Andrew Jackson double-crossing the Cherokee Nation with the Trail of Tears, then moves on to westward expansion, the war with Mexico, the South’s agitation to keep its slave-system in place, and, finally, the US Civil War. Quibble: This is speed run so fast that only one Union general is shown (Grant, of course), but it mistakenly depicts Grant as in charge of the Union forces from day one, and being defeated by Lee (for example, at the First Battle of Bull Run, or any number of year one or two battles in the east…). But of course, Grant was not a general initially, and did not command in the east until fall 1863, 2.5 years into the war. Also, General Sherman is not shown even once. The book does a good job of showing the reactive political tactics of President Lincoln.

Section Two covers the unification of Italy – a much neglected area for me—and the unification of Prussia and other German principalities, to become “Germany”.

Section Three reviews the tentative efforts at political modernization by reformers in Russia, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary, and how each one of these movements was suppressed or severely limited by the conservative holders of power in each of those states.

Section Four returns to China’s struggle with the encroaching European powers and its own internal rebellions, as it struggles to reform. Japan shows up in Korea, and there is a bit of a dust-up, at the end of which China signs Taiwan over to Japan.