Pattern and Repertoire in History / Tony Syme, Bertrand M. Roehner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roehner, Bertrand M., author.

Syme, Tony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Methodology.

History.

Forecasting--History.

Forecasting.

Historiography.

Social sciences and history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 p.): 17 Ktn.

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Historical landmarks, such as wars, coups, and revolutions, seem to arise under unique conditions. Indeed, what seems to distinguish history from the natural and social sciences is its inability to be dissected or generalized in any meaningful way. Yet even complex and large-scale events like the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolution can be broken down into their component parts, and, as Bertrand Roehner and Tony Syme show, these smaller modules are rarely unique to the events they collectively compose. The aim of this book is to analyze clusters of similar "elementary" occurrences that serve as the building blocks of more global events. Making connections between seemingly unrelated case studies, Roehner and Syme apply scientific methodology to the analysis of history. Their book identifies the recurring patterns of behavior that shape the histories of different countries separated by vast stretches of time and space. Taking advantage of a broad wealth of historical evidence, the authors decipher what may be seen as a kind of genetic code of history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

CHAPTER 1. Analytical History: Where History and Sociology Meet

PART I. Revolutions

CHAPTER 2. European Variants of the French Revolution

CHAPTER 3. Building Blocks of the French Revolution

CHAPTER 4. The American Revolution

CHAPTER 5. General Strikes, Mushroom Strikes

PART II. Wars

CHAPTER 6. Wars for Territorial Expansion

CHAPTER 7. The Constraints of Logistics

PART III. Prospects

CHAPTER 8. Historical Forecasting

CHAPTER 9. Perspectives

REFERENCES. INDEX

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-41847-6

OCLC:

1013935903