The year 1848 saw Europe convulsed by a wave ofrevolutions. Unprecedented in their scale and dimensions, they shook the political and social order to its foundations. The reaction which then followed, as established elites sought to restore their control through a combination ofrepression and limited...
Myriad works on class identity in the antebellum era are extant, but few have used sources by Americans living abroad. William Stiles's History of Austria shows consistent amount of sympathy for European nobles and aristocrats during the 1848 Revolution in the Austrian Empire. The book, centered ...