Reinterpreting revolution in twentieth-century Europe / edited by Moira Donald & Tim Rees.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Donald, Moira.
• Rees, Tim, 1960-

Series:

• Themes in focus (New York, N.Y.)
• Themes in focus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Revolutions--Europe.
• Revolutions.
• Europe.
• Europe--History--20th century.
• History.

Physical Description:

vi, 242 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2001.

Summary:

In this volume, leading specialists from a variety of disciplines examine the changing and conflicted meanings of revolution in modern and contemporary Europe. The opening and closing contributions provide overviews on the nature of revolutionary change, on the legacy of the 19th century for the 20th, and on the place of 20th century Europe in a global context of revolution. Other essays provide a series of case studies of radical political change. The intention is to take a fresh look at the apparently familiar, to rediscover the forgotten and to test the boundaries of what revolution was in the 20th century.

Contents:

• 1 The Dynamics and Meaning of Revolution in Twentieth-Century Europe / Tim Rees, Moira Donald 1
• 2 Chasing Rainbows: the Nineteenth-Century Revolutionary Legacy / Pamela Pilbeam 19
• 3 Russia 1905: the Forgotten Revolution / Moira Donald 41
• 4 The Parting of Ways: Comparing the Russian Revolutions of 1917 and 1991 / Edward Acton 55
• 5 Stalin's Great Turn: a Revolution without Footsoldiers? / Catherine Merridale 73
• 6 The Nazi Revolution / Jeremy Noakes 90
• 7 Battleground of the Revolutionaries: the Republic and the Civil War in Spain, 1931-39 / Tim Rees 113
• 8 Yet Another Failed German Revolution? The German Democratic Republic, 1989-90 / Jonathan Osmond 140
• 9 The Age of Paradox: the Anti-revolutionary Revolutions of 1989-91 / Richard Sakwa 159
• 10 The Revolutionary Idea in the Twentieth-Century World / Krishan Kumar 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 0312236220
• 0312236239

OCLC:

43970685