Reaching from the Atlantic to Ukraine, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, the revolutions of 1848 brought millions of people across the European continent into political life. Nationalist aspirations, social issues and feminist demands coming to the fore in the mid-century revolutions would rever[...]

From 1848 to 1914 was an incredible era of discovery, revolution and new thinking. It was an age of giants such as Darwin, Nietzche and Bismark This is a new history of Europe's age of progress and modernism.
Sperber's new book is an ideal accompaniment to university level courses on European hi[...]