Download or read book The Rise of the Great Powers, 1648-1815 written by Derek McKay and published by London ; New York : Longman. This book was released on 1983 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heyday of the European states system was in the century before the First World War. How the system of five great powers in conscious equilibrium came into being is the central theme of this book.