Rhineland Radicals: The Democratic Movement and the Revolution of 1848-1849. Canadian Journal of History | April 1, 1993| | COPYRIGHT 1993 Canadian Journal of History. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

In this superbly researched, very important book on the history of the 1848-49 revolutions in western Germany, Jonathan Sperber recalls how latter-day Jacobins sought to mobilize the masses in support of revolutionary change. Their efforts ended in failure. A few radicals who subsequently emigrated to the United States did, however, manage to achieve on a smaller scale in the new world what they could not achieve in the old: they helped to overthrow the governor of Missouri. For this Sperber, an American, feels indebted. A revolution is a good thing. It is unfair to offer ...

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