Revolutions and history : an essay in interpretation /

"This book offers a fresh framework for the historical understanding of revolutions and ideas about revolution. As the glow fades on the triumph of liberalism over the so-called Soviet revolutionary bloc, Revolutions and History shows how revolutions can be located in the longer worldwide sprea...

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Main Author: Parker, Noel, 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Malden, MA : Polity Press ; Blackwell, 1999.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Meanings of Revolution in Time and Space
  • Pt. I. How Revolutions Happen. 1. Revolutions in Past History. 2. Why Revolutions Have Occurred. 3. The Trend in Revolutions. 4. Revolutions and Modernity in the Twentieth Century
  • Pt. II. Why Revolutions Matter. 5. Revolutions and Historical Change: the 'Revolutionary Narrative'. 6. The Revolutionary Narrative in History. 7. The Revolutionary Narrative at the End of the Twentieth Century
  • App. Revolutions and the Understanding of History.