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1848 : year of revolution / Mike Rapport. --
Record details
- ISBN: 0465014364
- ISBN: 9780465014361
- Physical Description: xii, 461 p. : ill., map.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2009, c2008.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Perseus Books Group." Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2008. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-446) and index. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 34.50 |
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| Subject: | Revolutions > Europe > History > 19th century. Europe > History > 1848-1849. Europe > Politics and government > 1815-1848. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Traces the roots of the revolutions that spread across Europe in 1848, from Paris and Milan to Krakow and Munich, and reveals how their legacy continues to shape the modern world. - Book News
Rapport (history, U. of Stirling, Scotland) Europe is noted for its French Revolution of 1789, the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and the revolutions that took place in central and eastern Europe in 1989. But the year 1848, as revolutionary and tumultuous as it was, has received relatively little attention. Rapport corrects that deficiency with a broad view of the year that brought the overthrow of conservative governance in Paris, Milan, Venice, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Krakow, Munich and other major European cities. The author writes clearly and provides interesting and revealing detail regarding this era of intense nationalism and ideology. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - Perseus PublishingA stunning narrative of the year 1848, when Europe burst aflame with revolution
- Perseus PublishingIn 1848, a violent storm of revolutions ripped through Europe. The torrent all but swept away the conservative order that had kept peace on the continent since Napoleonâs defeat at Waterloo in 1815?but which in many countries had also suppressed dreams of national freedom. Political events so dramatic had not been seen in Europe since the French Revolution, and they would not be witnessed again until 1989, with the revolutions in Eastern and Central Europe.
In 1848, historian Mike Rapport examines the roots of the ferment and then, with breathtaking pace, chronicles the explosive spread of violence across Europe. A vivid narrative of a complex chain of interconnected revolutions, 1848 tells the exhilarating story of Europeâs violent ?Spring of Nationsâ and traces its reverberations to the present day.
