TY - CHAP A1 - Hachtmann, Rüdiger A2 - Rürup, Reinhard T1 - Success and Failure: The Revolution of 1848 T2 - The problem of revolution in Germany, 1789 - 1989 N2 - It is difficult to state conclusively whether the German revolution of 1848 was a success or a failure. I take a more sceptical view of the positive consequences of this revolution view than many recenbt historians of the period, at least in Germany. In order to explain and substantiate this position, I will begin by outlining a few theses taking a closer look at the character of the German revolution of 1848 and its social and political base. Then I shall discuss the question of the 'success or failure of the revolution' and the long-term effects of the events and developments of the year 1848. In the following I shall concentrate primarily on Prussia as the centre of the later German Empire, and I shall focus particularly on the situation in the cities. Y1 - 2017 UR - https://zeitgeschichte-digital.de/doks/frontdoor/index/index/docId/854 SP - 27 EP - 53 PB - Berg CY - Oxford ER -