Unsteady crowns : why the world's monarchies are struggling for survival /
Purdue, A. W.
Unsteady crowns : why the world's monarchies are struggling for survival / A.W. Purdue. - 368 pages : illustrations (black and white)
Originally published: 2005.
Introduction : the power of kingship -- I. A world fit for kings -- The Far East : celestial empires -- Heirs of the Prophet : monarchy in the Islamic world -- Satraps, vassals and satellites of empire -- The European cousinhood -- II. Some kings departs -- Europe's monarchies and the first world war -- Europe : the survivors -- The successors to the Ottoman Empire : the new monarchies of the Middle East -- The Far East between the wars -- III. A further thinning of the ranks -- Monarchies and the second world war -- Mixed fortunes, 1952-1979 -- IV. Monarchies in the contemporary world -- Anni horribiles -- Europe's 'English situations' -- The Middle and Far East : monarchy and religion -- The perils of celebrity -- Has monarchy a future?
9780750999328
Monarchy--History--20th century.
Monarchy--History--21st century.
321.6
Unsteady crowns : why the world's monarchies are struggling for survival / A.W. Purdue. - 368 pages : illustrations (black and white)
Originally published: 2005.
Introduction : the power of kingship -- I. A world fit for kings -- The Far East : celestial empires -- Heirs of the Prophet : monarchy in the Islamic world -- Satraps, vassals and satellites of empire -- The European cousinhood -- II. Some kings departs -- Europe's monarchies and the first world war -- Europe : the survivors -- The successors to the Ottoman Empire : the new monarchies of the Middle East -- The Far East between the wars -- III. A further thinning of the ranks -- Monarchies and the second world war -- Mixed fortunes, 1952-1979 -- IV. Monarchies in the contemporary world -- Anni horribiles -- Europe's 'English situations' -- The Middle and Far East : monarchy and religion -- The perils of celebrity -- Has monarchy a future?
9780750999328
Monarchy--History--20th century.
Monarchy--History--21st century.
321.6