Nancy’s Reviews > Revolutionary Spring: Fighting for a New World, 1848-1849 > Status Update

Attempted to finish ch 7...but fell asleep listening
to the audio book. Now I have to re-read it.
More barricades, unemployment and what is this
"Shleswig-Holsgtein" question? Need some help
from wikipedia before re-read.

Ch 7: Nationalism is intoxicating. If politians sent more time
listeing to, rather than preaching to people who worked the land, for example "flyover country USA" ...they will pay the price in elections,
It happened in 1848...revolution...it can happen again!

Chapter 6 was just amazing. History that I never was taught in school.
Revolutionary Spring 1848 triggered a wave of
emancipation of women, slaved Africans, gypsy slaves and Jews.
The doors were opened for liberty by 1848 events
…but it would take years before emancipation was really accepted by society.

Ch 6 takes u through the "day after" of several 1848 revolution as
many ask the question: "Now what?"
Constituions are not most people's idea of lively bedside reading. But the constitutions of 1848 were much less boring than on might think,
Happy that the Dutch "grondwet" was so well written with the guidance of Thorbecke!

Re-read chapter 4 b/c to refresh my mind after weeks of
not reading this book. Now up-to-date with the 1848 uprisings in Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels and Milan.
Starting ch 5 (pg 344/873)

Slowly but surely....making progress.

After 3 chapters that feel like firehouse of information…the core message begins to arise: all is in motion. Identity and commitment become enmeshed. Our OWN age feels the same. This is the fascination of those decades Clark is about to discuss…starting with 1848.

Just read the introduction and am impressed by Clark's writing style and expansive vocabulary. It wakes you when this Prof of History of Cambridge University links fake news to the revolutions of 1848!
The French Revolution in 1789 was "...but a flash of light in the darkness"
The revolutions of 1848 ...its twin had every mark of brilliant radiace."
Prediction: this book WILL win Baillie Fifford Prize for NF 2023!!