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The European Revolutions, 1848–1851

Jonathan Sperber author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:28th Jan '94

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A student textbook designed to introduce, in an accessible manner, all the principal themes and problems of this period in European history.

The European Revolutions, 1848–1851 is a student textbook, designed to introduce, in an accessible manner, all the principal themes and problems of this sometimes bewildering period in European history. Professor Sperber's account incorporates the very latest scholarship on the revolution as a social and political mass movement, and is unique in its comprehensive comparative coverage.The European Revolutions, 1848–1851 is a student textbook, designed to introduce, in an accessible manner, all the principal themes and problems of this sometimes bewildering period in European history. Professor Sperber's account, which is supplemented by extensive notes for further reading and potted biographies of the principal individuals involved, incorporates the very latest scholarship on the revolution as a social and political mass movement. It describes the events of the various national revolutions (both in 1848, and the subsequent, often-neglected period 1849–51), analyses the contrasting social and political tensions underlying the outbreak of revolution, explores the different varieties of revolutionary experience, and compares the events of 1848–51 both with the previous wave of 1789–95 and the successor of 1917–23.

'… the annotated bibliography, excellent chronology and neat biographies … add to a highly readable volume.' Teaching History

ISBN: 9780521386852

Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 21mm

Weight: 485g

300 pages