1848: The Revolutionary Tide in Europe

by Peter N. Stearns

Book Overview

Only in that year did revolution assume virtually continental proportions: France, Italy, Germany, and the countries of the Habsburg monarchy experienced serious revolutions, and significant outbreaks occurred in Switzerland, Denmark, Romania, Poland, and Ireland. Britain, though untouched by formal revolution, saw the last wave of Chartist agitation. Of the larger countries, then, only Russia and Spain were exempt. Peter N. Stearns uses a comparative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393093115
• ISBN13: 9780393093117
• Release Date: February 1974
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.2"