01:506:101 Lecture 12: Ch12
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Never before or since has europe seen so truly universal an upheaval as in 1848in 1848 the revolutionary movement broke out spontaneously from native sources from copenhagen to palermo and from paris to budapest. With some variation, there was a common body of ideas among politically conscious elements of all countriesbut It failed almost as rapidly as it succeeded. Its main consequence, in fact, was to strengthen the more conservative forces that viewed all revolution with alarm. Revolutionary ideals succumbed to military repressionthe governments of the 1850s and. Marxoffered his own views as hard-headed and scientific. " : paris: the specter of social revolution in the west pp. 501-507: the february revolution in france, the july monarchy of louis philippe represented only the upper bourgeoisie and was filled with graft and corruption. Liberals wanted more voting rights; radicals wanted universal suffrage and a republic.