HIS241H1 Lecture Notes - July Monarchy, Political Question, Bonapartiste
11 Oct 2012
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Crop failure 46/47/ ireland and also main land europe continent had suffered similarly. January 1848, 12th siciliy, uprising breaks out, spread into southern italy, from there. Metternich said we are sitting on a moldering structure recongnizing the fact that things are. Deficit in liberalism/nationalism allowing major ethnic groups have a nation of their own, self- determination, created an issue through out continent. Econ crisis 1840"s depression, swept through the continent simply going their own way. throughout europe, uprising, street battles, social unrest. What was interesting was the revolutions of the 20s and the 30s was that the revolutions of 1848, they took place in the heartland of europe. Britain is untouched, greece and russia not touched. Spring 1848, karl marx resided in brussels and called for a revolution, yet beligium too avoided revolution. Why no revolution in russia? implies no industrialization. 1830s british are industrializing, they realize a revolution is inevitable, they increased the franchise.
