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The 1848 revolutions in German-speaking Europe / Hans Joachim Hahn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hahn, Hans J. (Hans Joachim), 1939-
- Series:
- Themes in modern German history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Germany--History--Revolution, 1848-1849.
- Germany.
- Austria--History--Revolution, 1848-1849.
- Austria.
- Europe--German-speaking--History--19th century.
- Europe.
- German-speaking Europe.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 237 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2001.
- Summary:
- This is an up-to-date reassessment of the 1848 revolutions, crucial events whose impact was felt far beyond the borders of Central Europe. 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.
- Contents:
- Approaches to the German revolutions of 1848/9 viii
- 1 German society in transition (1789-1815) 1
- The impact of the French Revolution of 1789 1
- Intellectual responses to the French Revolution of 1789 2
- The struggle for supremacy between Austria and Prussia 5
- Events in Switzerland and other non-imperial German-speaking territories 8
- The emergence of a 'Third Germany' 9
- Constitutional and socio-economic reforms 10
- Reforms in Prussia and Austria 12
- The wars of liberation and the restoration of the old order 14
- 2 The 'Holy Alliance' and Vormarz: the demise of the German ancien regime and the preface to the revolutions 18
- The German Confederation, a battle-ground for forces of reaction and modernization 19
- The period of reaction (1815-30) 21
- From reaction to protest: the role of the intelligentsia 26
- Religious strife 30
- The nationality issue and the formation of political groups 32
- Political literature during the Vormarz 34
- Social and economic conditions within the Confederation 36
- The Swiss civil war 40
- 3 The March and April revolutions in the 'Third Germany' 46
- The impact of the French February Revolution 46
- Observations on the social strata in the 'Third Germany' 53
- The rural population 53
- Artisans and industrial workers 55
- The 1848 uprising in Baden and its impact on other German regions 58
- The role of established protest groups 65
- Government responses and the establishment of the Pre-Parliament 70
- 4 The revolutions in Vienna and Berlin 77
- The revolution in Vienna: Social and economic conditions 77
- Vienna's March revolution 80
- From the May revolution to the September crisis 82
- The 'October revolution' and reactionary victory 87
- The revolution in Berlin 89
- Social and economic conditions in Berlin 90
- The 'March revolution' 92
- A period of consolidation? 96
- A second revolutionary phase? 99
- Political clubs and associations 101
- The final phase 102
- A comparison of the revolutions in Vienna and Berlin 105
- 5 The move towards parliamentary democracy 112
- Extra-parliamentary political activities and their interaction with the National Assembly 114
- The establishment of the Frankfurt National Assembly 122
- The constitutional committees 125
- Frankfurt
- Vienna
- Berlin: three contenders for the nation's capital 129
- 6 The Frankfurt National Assembly and international reverberations 135
- The establishment of parliamentary business 135
- The emergence of political factions within the Assembly 137
- The establishment of a central government 138
- The drawing up of Basic Rights 142
- Schleswig
- Holstein and the issue of a German nation state 144
- Conflicting nationality issues 147
- An assessment of the National Assembly 151
- 7 The revolution in crisis 157
- The rejection of the imperial crown by Frederick William IV 157
- The campaign for the Imperial Constitution 161
- Revolutionary patterns in the summer of 1849 164
- The political leadership and their agenda 165
- The foreign involvement 168
- The role of the military 169
- The revolutionaries' last stand in Baden 172
- 8 Forces of reaction, the counter-revolution and the decline of political life 180
- Reactionary policies in Austria and Prussia, a comparison 181
- Austrian
- Prussian rivalry 184
- The position of the 'Third Germany' 186
- The bureaucratization of public life 188
- The emergence of Realpolitik 191
- The 'failure' of liberalism 194
- 9 The receptions of the 1848/9 revolutions in the German
- speaking countries 202
- The first hundred years 202
- The revolutions of 1848/9 within the ideological concepts of the GDR 206
- Research in the Federal Republic 208
- A brief survey of Anglo-American research 214
- The reception of the 150th anniversary of the German revolutions 215.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0582357659
- OCLC:
- 47443981
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