The 1848 Revolutions in German-Speaking Europe

The 1848 Revolutions in German-Speaking Europe
ISBN-10
1317879449
ISBN-13
9781317879442
Category
History
Pages
252
Language
English
Published
2014-06-06
Publisher
Routledge
Author
H.J. Hahn

Description

In 1848 the continent of Europe was rocked by revolutions: only Great Britain and Russia remained relatively immune to the upheaval. Most spectacularly, the Revolutions swept across the German-speaking lands of central Europe, with the newly-released forces of nationalism and mass popular protest smashing the reactionary Metternich regimes which had held sway since the defeat of Napoleon. The Metternich system was dead: nationalism and national self-determination asserted themselves as the dominant dynamic forces of continental Europe in the later nineteenth century. This impressive history examines the political and social implications of the 1848 Revolutions for the future destiny and shape of Europe as a whole, and explores the wider forces at play in the German lands of nineteenth-century Europe.

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