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Book SynopsisIn the aftermath of the French Revolution, "freedom" came to have a host of meanings. This volume examines these contested visions of freedom both inside and outside of revolutionary situations in the nineteenth century, as each author explores and interprets the development of nineteenth-century political culture in a particular national context.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: the ambiguities of revolution in the nineteenth-century Isser Woloch; 1. European visions of the French revolution Sergio Luzzatto; 2. The constitution of 1812 and the Spanish road to parliamentary monarchy Richard Herr; 3. Revolution, independence, and liberty in Latin America Richard J. Walter; 4. Popular constitutionalism and revolution in England and Ireland Iain McCalman; 5. Contested freedoms in the French revolutions, 1830-1871 John M. Merriman; 6. The paradoxes of Italy's nineteenth-century political culture Raymond Grew; 7. The German states and the Euroipean revolution James J. Sheehan; 8. Lawful revolutions and the many meanings of freedom in the Habsburg monarchy Istvan Deak; 9. Revolution and the theater of public life in Imperial Russia Laura Engelstein; Abbreviations; Notes; Index.
