Europe in 1830: Revolution and Political Change

ISBN-13: 9781032130897 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 210 str.

Clive H. Church

Opis

This book, first published in 1983, examines social protests and political changes to note the causes of the political turmoil and revolution in 1830, and then the results of the revolutions’ developments are analysed, as general European social, political and diplomatic crises as well as a series of individual outbreaks.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: the Forgotten Revolutions  2. Causes: Preconditions and Precipitants  3. The July Days and Triggers of Revolution  4. A Bird’s-Eye View of Revolution  5. The Swiss Confederation: the ‘Regeneration’ of Cantonal Democracy  6. France: Political Calculation and Social Protest  7. Belgium: the Revolutionary Creation of a Nation  8. Northern Europe: Adaptation Inside Constitutional Monarchies  9. Poland: a Limited War of Liberation  10. The Southern and Eastern Peripheries: the Limits to Pressure from Without  11. Central Italy: Responses to Maladministration  12. The Dynamics of Change  13. Contenders for Power: Social Participation in the Events of 1830  14. The Revolutions and Their Effects  15. Conclusions: the Significance of 1830

O autorze

Clive H. Church