Exiles from European revolutions : refugees in mid-Victorian England / edited by Sabine Freitag.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freitag, Sabine.

German Historical Institute in London.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants: England: history: 1800s.

Political refugees: England: history: 1800s.

Political refugees: Europe: history: 1800s.

Revolutions: Europe: history: 1800s.

England: ethnic relations: history: 1800s.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2003.

Summary:

Studies on exile in the 19th century tend to be restricted to national histories. This volume is the first to offer a broader view by looking at French, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Czech and German political refugees who fled to England after the European revolutions of 1848/49. The contributors examine various aspects of their lives in exile such as their opportunities for political activities, the forms of political cooperation that existed between exiles from different European countries on the one hand and with organizations and politicians in England on the other and, finally, the attitude of the host country towards the refugees, and their perceptions of the country which had granted them asylum.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Notes on Contributors

1 Introduction

I. Englishmen and Refugees

2 1848 – Britain and Europe

3 British Exceptionalism in Perspective

4 The Asylum of Nations

II. Emigré Communities

5 Italian Exiles and British Politics before and after 1848

6 The French Exiles and the British

7 Continuities and Innovations

8 Lajos Kossuth and the Hungarian Exiles in London

9 The Politics of Czech Liberation in Britain after 1849

III. Emigré Politics

10 Voices of Exile

11 ‘The Begging Bowl of Revolution’

12 German Socialism in London after 1849

13 Chartists and Political Refugees

14 Immigrants and Refugees

IV. Women in Exile

15 Keeping busy in the Waiting-Room

16 Jeanne Deroin: French Feminist and Socialist in Exile

V. Legacy

17 Home Alone?

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781571814173

1571814175

9781782389798

1782389792

OCLC:

1347246877