Revolutions and History
An Essay in Interpretation
Format:Hardback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:1st Jan '99
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This book offers a fresh framework for the historical understanding of revolutions and ideas about revolution.
'Revolutions and History combines the virtues of two very different kinds of study. It is a lucid, concise and reliable guide through the forest of literature on the subject: an ideal introduction for students. It is also a wide-ranging essay full of original ideas on topics as diverse as world-system theory and the effects of what the author describes as 'the revolutionary narrative'. I don't know of any book which so skilfully combines history with theory in a study of revolution.' Peter Burke, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
'[Covers] the topic from its beginnings in modern European history up to the present. Parker has more in mind than a mere typology. He wishes also to give a structural-analytic explanation of revolutions, along with a hermeneutically inflected history of their appearance over time.' American Historical Review
ISBN: 9780745611358
Dimensions: 236mm x 158mm x 21mm
Weight: 490g
240 pages