TY - BOOK AU - Palmer,Alan AU - Palmer,Alan TI - Age of optimism: 1803-1896 U1 - 909 PAL.A.5 PY - 1970///] CY - New York PB - Newsweek KW - History, Modern N1 - Rev. and expanded ed. published in 1974 in 2 vols. under titles: Nations and empires, and Age of optimism N2 - Traces milestones in history from Beethoven and his symphonies of 1803 to the First Zionist Congress of 1897 ER -