1848, Mike Rapport
1848, Mike Rapport
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1848
Year of Revolution

Author: Mike Rapport

Narrator: Hugh Kermode

Unabridged: 16 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/21/2021


Synopsis

A "lively, panoramic" history of a revolutionary year (New York Times)

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.

About Mike Rapport

Michael Rapport is a professor of history at the University of Glasgow in Scotland and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. The author of numerous books, Rapport lives in Stirling, Scotland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Oleksandr on August 27, 2019

This is a non-fic about the tumultuous years 1848-1849. In the Soviet historical narrative the emphasis in this period was on France, after all, Marx wrote The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte. This book is much more on other parts of Europe: German and Italian states, Austria, Hungary. The yea......more

Goodreads review by Alan on January 24, 2024

This is a very well written and detailed history of the revolutions that swept across Europe in 1848, and the reactionary counter-revolutions that overturned them a year later. The revolutions floundered from the beginning as they struggled to balance concerns of social justice with individual right......more

Goodreads review by Julian on October 04, 2013

Broad history of the momentous European revolutions of 1848. It was the year of the overthrow of French King Louis-Philippe, abolishment of serfdom in Austria and Hungary, and the establishment of the Frankfurt Assembly meeting to determine the unification of Germany. It is the year Metternich runs......more

Goodreads review by David on May 16, 2016

Last fall I read a biography of Napoleon, which was awesome. But as I finished, I was left wanting to know what happened next. In that review I noted that history as taught in America (at least where I went to school) focused on Europe until the beginnings of America and then totally shifted to Amer......more

Goodreads review by Jacob on August 04, 2019

Very detailed but narrowly focused account of the events of the year 1848 itself, unfortunately without providing much insight into the historical forces of which they were a manifestation. Would recommend reading Hobsbawm's 'The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848' first. (Instead of after, as I did.)......more