Rhineland radicals
Subtitle: the democratic movement and the revolution of 1848-1849
By: Jonathan Sperber.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
Subjects: Rhineland (Germany) -- History; Germany -- History -- Revolution, 1848-1849
Description: This major interpretation of the Revolution of 1848-1849 in Germany stresses its character as a mass political phenomenon. Building skillfully on the theme of the interaction of self-conscious radicalism and spontaneous popular movements, Jonathan Sperber analyzes the social and religious antagonisms of pre-1848 German society and shows how they were politicized by the democratic political opposition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-513) and index.