1848
Year of Revolution

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

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

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

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

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