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2006; Oxford University Press; Volume: 111; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1086/ahr.111.5.1477
ISSN1937-5239
Autores ResumoTwo German-language entries add to the historiography of the Forty-Eighters—the revolutionaries who chose American exile after the failed European uprisings of 1848. Both examine the Forty-Eighters through the lives of individual men and illustrate in compelling detail what has long been a standard narrative: émigré Forty-Eighters, many of whom abandoned careers in law or journalism, hoped to have an impact on the American political scene—an effort that culminated for many in their participation in the Civil War—and to reignite the revolutionary spark in Europe from afar. Some returned to Germany as soon as conditions there allowed, while others lived out their lives in America. Gustav Struve, the subject of Ansgar Reiß's book, represents a Forty-Eighter of the first category. Forty-three years of age in 1848, Struve was an important agitator during the period leading up to the revolution. An ardent follower of phrenology and vegetarianism, Struve was barred from teaching...
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