Economic Crises and the European Revolutions of 1848

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ID8047744
AutoresHelge Berger (University of Hohenheim), Matilde Spoerer (0000-0002-5549-6512, University of Hohenheim), Mark Spoerer
Ano2001
Volume61
Fascículo2
Páginas293-326
Data de publicação2001-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022050701028029
OpenAlexW2113738993
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas30
Referências citadas24

Recent historical research tends to view the 1848 revolutions in Europe as caused by a surge of radical ideas and by long-term socioeconomic problems. However, many contemporary observers interpreted much of the upheaval as a consequence of short-term economic causes, specifically the serious shortfall in food supply that had shaken large parts of the Continent in 1845–1847, and the subsequent industrial slump. Applying standard quantitative methods to a data set of 27 European countries, we show that it was mainly immediate economic misery, and the fear thereof, that triggered the European revolutions of 1848

Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · European Political History Analysis · Historical Economic and Social Studies