A Circle of Friends: Romanian Revolutionaries and Political Exile, 1840-1859 Contributor(s): Jianu (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004187790 ISBN-13: 9789004187795 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $170.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Eastern Europe - General - Political Science | Political Process - Political Advocacy |
Dewey: 949.801 |
LCCN: 2011000134 |
Series: Balkan Studies Library |
Physical Information: 400 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Angela Jianu explores the lives and activities of a group of Romanian revolutionaries exiled in Paris, London and the Middle East in the aftermath of the insurrections of 1848. Drawing largely on diaries, memoirs and private correspondence, A Circle of Friends is a social history of political exile, presenting the personal life dramas of the protagonists within the wider context of the European post-revolutionary turmoil of the 1850s. Exile and political repression allied this group not only to their Hungarian and Polish peers, but also to French republicans, English radicals and Italian freedom-fighters. Their story reveals the existence of transnational networks of left-wing, radical and republican movements in mid-nineteenth-century Europe against the background of nation-building projects in East-Central Europe. |