Revolutions and the revolutionary tradition : in the West 1560-1991 / edited by David Parker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parker, David, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutions--Europe.

Revolutions.

Europe--History--1492-.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A collection of eight European case studies, this essential guide provides a comparative survey of all the major revolutions in the West over the past 400 years.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Approaches to revolution; The Dutch Revolt 1566 81: A national revolution?; The English Revolution of 1649; 1688: A political revolution; The American Revolution 1763 91; The French Revolution 1789 99; The revolutions of 1848; The revolutionary tradition in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; The Russian Revolution; Counter-revolution and the 'failure' of revolution in interwar Europe; Revolution from the Right: Fascism

The anti-Communist revolutions in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1989 to 1991Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-69058-4

1-134-69059-2

1-280-31882-1

0-585-44874-4

0-203-44930-4

9780203449301

OCLC:

84145861