{"product_id":"revolutionary-spring-europe-aflame-and-the-fight-for-a-new-world-1848-1849-paperback","title":"Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Clark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice - From the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sleepwalkers \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe, and the charismatic figures who propelled them forward\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Refreshingly original . . . Familiar characters are given vibrancy and previously unknown players emerge from the shadows.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (UK)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, The Economist, Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs history, the uprisings of 1848 have long been overshadowed by the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian revolutions of the early twentieth century. And yet in 1848 nearly all of Europe was aflame with conflict. Parallel political tumults spread like brush fire across the entire continent, leading to significant changes that continue to shape our world today. These battles for the future were fought with one eye kept squarely on the past: The men and women of 1848 saw the urgent challenges of their world as shaped profoundly by the past, and saw themselves as inheritors of a revolutionary tradition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCelebrated Cambridge historian Christopher Clark describes 1848 as \"the particle collision chamber at the center of the European nineteenth century,\" a moment when political movements and ideas--from socialism and democratic radicalism to liberalism, nationalism, corporatism, and conservatism--were tested and transformed. The insurgents asked questions that sound modern to our ears: What happens when demands for political or economic liberty conflict with demands for social rights? How do we reconcile representative and direct forms of democracy? How is capitalism connected to social inequality? The revolutions of 1848 were short-lived, but their impact on public life and political thought throughout Europe and beyond has been profound. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeticulously researched, elegantly written, and filled with a cast of charismatic figures, including the social theorist Alexis de Tocqueville, the writer George Sand, and the troubled priest Félicité de Lamennais, who struggled to reconcile his faith with politics, \u003ci\u003eRevolutionary Spring\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new understanding of 1848 that suggests chilling parallels to our present moment. \"Looking back at the revolutions from the end of the first quarter of the twenty-first century, it is impossible not to be struck by the resonances,\" Clark writes. \"If a revolution is coming for us, it may look something like 1848.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Clark\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of modern European history and a fellow of St. Catharine's College at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sleepwalkers, Time and Power, Iron Kingdom, \u003c\/i\u003e and other books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 896\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978279158061,"sku":"9780525575214","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/xTgSC4RXSW9780525575214.webp?v=1775801420","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/revolutionary-spring-europe-aflame-and-the-fight-for-a-new-world-1848-1849-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}