Summary Of The Romantic Revolution By Tim Blanning

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The book I will be reviewing is The Romantic Revolution by Tim Blanning. The word revolution is used a lot in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. it is used to express awareness of the changes that is occurring. Revolutions such as the French, American Revolution and industrial revolution have had a major impact on the world we have today. These revolutions have secured freedom and independence. Blanning tells the history of a cultural transformation that took place around the nineteenth century; this is considered to have shaped the way we think today.
In the romantic revolution Tim Blanning takes up a revolution that doesn’t get much attention as the American, French and industrial revolutions that have occurred throughout the years

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