The 1848 Revolutions in German-Speaking Europe
1st Edition
Published on 11. May 2016
Book
Hardback
252 pages
978-1-138-14631-0 (ISBN)
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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
546 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-14631-0 (9781138146310)
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Hans-Joachim Hahn is Professor and Head of the Department of German, Oxford Brookes University.
Content
Preface Approaches to the German revolutions of 1848/9 Structure of the book Author's acknowledgements and editorial policy 1 German society in transition (1789-1815)VlllVlllXIlXlll1The impact of the French Revolution of 1789 1Intellectual responses to the French Revolution of 1789 2 The struggle for supremacy between Austria and Prussia 5 Events in Switzerland and other non-imperial Germanspeaking territories 8 The emergence of a 'Third Germany' 9 Constitutional and socio-economic reforms 10Reforms in Prussia and Austria 12 The wars of liberation and the restoration of the old order 142 The 'Holy Alliance' and Vormaerz: the demise ofthe German ancien regime and the preface tothe revolutionsThe German Confederation, a battle-ground for forces of18reaction and modernization 19The period of re action (1815-30) 21From re action to protest: the role of the intelligentsia 26Religious strife 30The nationality issue and the formation of political groups 32Political literature during the Vormaerz 34Social and economic conditions within the Confederation 36The Swiss civil war 403 The March and April revolutions in the'Third Germany'The impact of the French February RevolutionObservations on the social strata in the 'Third Germany'The rural population46465353v ContentsArtisans and industrial workers 55The 1848 uprising in Baden and its impact on otherGerman regions 58The role of established protest groups 65Government responses and the establishment of thePre-Parliament 704 The revolutions in Vienna and Berlin 77The revolution in Vienna: Social and economic conditions 77Vienna's March revolution 80From the May revolution to the September crisis 82The 'October revolution' and reactionary victory 87The revolution in Berlin 89Social and economic conditions in Berlin 90The '