It may be difficult to see ourselves as Pharaohs or Caesars, but the enduring (and romantic) image of long-haired radicals storming the barricades is very familiar. The ideological battle lines of ...

In November 1847, the Pozsony Diet was opened by the emperor of the Austrian empire: Ferdinand. At that time, no one could ...

What’s the best way to build a barricade? A carriage or wagon is a good start, heaved over to form a sturdy base. Next: Peel up the street cobbles and stack them any which way—so long as the bulwark ...

"Each revolution must be assessed in its own context, each had a distinctive impact. The revolutions spread from one point to another. They interacted to a limited extent. . . . The drama of each ...

The similarities between the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt last spring and the ones in Europe in 1848 are striking. In the early months of 1848, the sclerotic and reactionary political systems that ...

A new history by Christopher Clark on the 1848 revolutions. In the final pages of Revolutionary Spring, the historian Christopher Clark writes that “the revolutions of 1848 seemed as old as ancient ...

In a recent post I discuss six policies that spurred the Industrial Revolution in England – opening up immigration, weakening the guilds, investing in infrastructure, privatizing agricultural land, ...

An address from Proudhon to the people of Europe about the importance of the wave of Revolutions sweeping through Europe. It also outlines Proudhon's personal theory of Revolution. When our friends of ...

"This historical picture was painted by Phillippoteaux, the celebrated artist of Paris. The scene is drawn on the great square of the Hotel de Ville, as taking place on the 24th of February, 1818: " ...

This exhibition features objects that illuminate the rich history of design during a period of rapid political, technological, and social changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution. Themes ...

Throughout history, revolutions have upended the old way of life and transformed society. But to bring liberation, we need ...