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1848: Year of Revolution

By Mike Rapport

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2009
ISBN
0465014364, 9780465014361
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
716 kB (733245 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
496\0
Time added
2014-05-23 18:33:31

Description

In 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 Napoleon’s 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 Europe’s violent “Spring of Nations” and traces its reverberations to the present day.

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