The Revolutions in Europe, 1848-1849: From Reform to Reaction - Softcover

Evans, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199249970 ISBN 13: 9780199249978

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This collection of essays provides a new introduction to the revolutions of 1848. In that year Europe's traditional order broke down dramatically across much of the continent. Here, well-known experts in the field provide both a vivid account of the events themselves and a compelling analysis of their profound impact on the development of modern European politics.

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Review

a fresh, lively and stimulating set of essays. (English Historical Review)

Synopsis

These essays arose out of lectures given in Oxford to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 1848 revolutions in Europe. Authoritative, yet readable and colourful, they comprise judicicious summaries of the existing stte of knowledge, as well as new insights and unfamiliar information. The book also seeks to place the revolutionary events in their wider context: apart from chapters covering the main centres of disturbance in France, Germany, Italy, and the Habsburg lands, there are discussions of the situation in Britain and Russia, which were affected but not convulsed by the disorders elsewhere; of reactions in the United States of America; of the symbolism of 1848 for the later democratic, radical, and socialist movements. 1848 marked the first breakdown of traditional authority across much of the continent, and as such is of profound significance in the development of modern European politics as a whole.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0199249970
• ISBN 13: 9780199249978
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 264