Europe in 1848: Revolution and Reform

by Dieter Dowe (Editor), Heinz-Gerhard Haupt (Editor), Jonathan Sperber (Editor)

The events of 1989/90 in Europe demonstrated the renewed relevance of the mid-nineteenth century both by showing, once again, how a revolutionary initiative could quickly spread through different European countries, but also by calling into question the nature of revolution and the criteria for a revolution's success and failure. To commemorate the 1848 revolution in a spirit of renewed critical inquiry, an international team of prominent historians have come together to produce what must be the most comprehensive work on this topic to date and to offer a synthesis that sums up the current state of scholarly research, emphasizing the many new interpretations that have developed over several decades.

Genres: History

976 pages, Library Binding

First published September 1, 2000

Reviews

[J.M. Hushour · Rating 5 out of 5]

960 pages of to-the-hilt 1848 peasant/working class/liberal intellectual elite-on-absolutism action. There really is no other place to go for sating your 1848 appetites. All is invoked, analyzed, and presented here (mostly) soberly. All geographic areas are on hand, all sorts of political associations and movements, et cetera, et cetera. Random illustrations pepper the essays and are not relevant to the adjacent text at all, but fear not.