Post-Revolutionary Europe |
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| Author:
| Lyons, Martyn |
| Series title: | European Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-86135-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $115.00 |
Book Description:
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Martyn Lyons re-assesses European history between the fall of Napoleon and the Crimean War. Instead of seeing the period in traditional terms of Restoration and Reaction, this fresh account emphasizes the problems of remembering and forgetting the recent revolutionary and Napoleonic past, and of either incorporating or rejecting its legacy. Between the 1830 and 1848 Revolutions, which are both examined, new forms of political participation developed, as a broad public sphere of action...
More DescriptionMartyn Lyons re-assesses European history between the fall of Napoleon and the Crimean War. Instead of seeing the period in traditional terms of Restoration and Reaction, this fresh account emphasizes the problems of remembering and forgetting the recent revolutionary and Napoleonic past, and of either incorporating or rejecting its legacy. Between the 1830 and 1848 Revolutions, which are both examined, new forms of political participation developed, as a broad public sphere of action was created.