The Revolutions of 1848 were shocking but hardly unexpected. Hunger lashed the mid-1840s with a doubly deadly grain and potato crisis (Clark’s ancestors were among the many thousands who fled ...

This is the story of the 1848 European revolutions, one of the most dramatic and significant moments in the history of the continent. Hungry workers and peasants joined forces with liberals and ...

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But while the discussions went on in Frankfurt in 1848, the opponents of the revolution were able to mobilize their forces. Even when National Assembly delegate Robert Blum (1807 — 1848 ...

48 min Watch the programme The 1848 revolution shakes the foundations of the monarchy. Lamartine proclaims a republic while the romantics. Dumas, Hugo and Sand become politically active and the ...

Chicago has always provided a place for the disenfranchised, whether from the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century, or today for those fleeing violence, famine, environmental disasters or ...