WOLFRAM SIEMANN is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Munich.

'This is not only the best single study of the German revolutions of 1848-49 as a whole: it is also a highly original and stimulating book, combining a firm grasp of the rapid sequence of events with a thematic treatment of revolution and counter-revolution as something taking place on a number of different levels.' - John Breuilly, University of Birmingham Reviews of the German language edition: 'a pioneering effort' - American Historical Review

• IntroductionPART ONE: STRUCTURES AND CRISES The German Society before 1848Middle-class Organisation and Social ProtestThe European Point of Departure 1847-8PART TWO: THE REVOLUTION: ACTION AND REACTION The March and April Revolutions of 1848The Legitimisation of the RevolutionPolitical Associations and Middle-class Pressure GroupsCommunication and the PublicThe Paulskirche and the ParliamentsNation-building and the Crisis of NationalitiesThe Turning Point in the European Revolutions (Summer/Autumn 1848)The Dynamics of the RevolutionThe Imperial Constitution and the Election of the KaiserThe Campaign for the Imperial Constitution (April-July 1849)From Erfurt Union to Reaction1848-9 and the Crises of ModernisationNotesSelect Bibliography with CommentaryIndex.