Exiles From European Revolutions : Refugees in Mid-Victorian England

Studies on exile in the 19th century tend to be restricted to national histories. This volume is the first to offer a broader view by looking at French, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Czech and German political refugees who fled to England after the European revolutions of 1848/49. The contributors examine various aspects of their lives in exile such as their opportunities for political activities, the forms of political cooperation that existed between exiles from different European countries on the one hand and with organizations and politicians in England on the other and, finally, the attitude of the host country towards the refugees, and their perceptions of the country which had granted them asylum. Contents Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors 1. Introduction I. Englishmen and Refugees 2. 1848 – Britain and Europe 3. British Exceptionalism in Perspective: Political Asylum in Continental Europe 4. The Asylum of Nations: Britain and the Refugees of 1848 II. Emigré Communities 5. Italian Exiles and British Politics before and after 1848 6. The French Exiles and the British 7. Continuities and Innovations: Polish Emigration after 1849 8. Lajos Kossuth and the Hungarian Exiles in London 9. The Politics of Czech Liberation in Britain after 1849 III. Emigré Politics 10. Voices of Exile: French Newspapers in England 11. ‘The Begging Bowl of Revolution’: the Fund-raising Tours of German and Hungarian Exiles to North America, 1851–1852 12. German Socialism in London after 1849: The Communist League of August Willich and Karl Schapper 13. Chartists and Political Refugees 14. Immigrants and Refugees: Who were the Real Forty-Eighters in the United States? IV. Women in Exile 15. Keeping busy in the Waiting-Room: German Women Writers in London following the 1848 Revolution 16. Jeanne Deroin: French Feminist and Socialist in Exile V. Legacy 17. Home Alone?: Reflections on Political Exiles Returning to their Native Countries Index