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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.

Title Revolutions : the revolutionary tradition in the West, 1560-1991 / edited by David Parker.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher London
New York : Routledge
Creation Date 2000
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content 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
Extent 1 online resource (250 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010708456005171
MARC RECORDS
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