Revolutionary groups and movements Books
University of Chicago Press Foucault and the Iranian Revolution
Book SynopsisFoucault and the Iranian Revolution informs current discussion on the divisions that have reemerged among Western intellectuals over the response to radical Islamism after September 11.Trade Review"I am very impressed by the authors' clarity of thought, meticulousness of research, and important insights. Their book's originality lies in the way it links Foucault's main ideas to the Iranian revolution, thereby illuminating one through the other. The authors remind us of Foucault's immense influence on the dominant views in the current debates on Islamism and Iran." - Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran"
£26.60
The University of Chicago Press Peasants Against the State The Politics of Market
Book SynopsisStephen Bunker challenges the image of peasants as passive victims and argues that coffee growers in the Bugisu District of Uganda, because they own land and may choose which crops to produce, maintain an unusual degree of economic and political independence. Focusing on peasant struggles for market control over coffee exports in Bugisu from colonial times through the reign and overthrow of Idi Amin, Bunker shows that these freeholding peasants acted collectively and used the state's dependence on coffee export revenues to effectively influence and veto government programs inimical to their interests. Bunker's work vividly portrays the small victories and great trials of ordinary people struggling to control their own economic destiny while resisting the power of the world economy.
£28.50
The University of Chicago Press Spent Cartridges of Revolution An Anthropological
Book SynopsisWhat happens to a revolutionary town after the revolution? This anthropological history studies the Namiquipan peasants, who supported Pancho Villa in the revolution of 1910-1920, but who now consider themselves mere spent cartridges of a struggle that benefitted other classes.
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press Spent Cartridges of Revolution An Anthropological
Book SynopsisWhat happens to a revolutionary town after the revolution? This anthropological history studies the Namiquipan peasants, who supported Pancho Villa in the revolution of 1910-1920, but who now consider themselves mere spent cartridges of a struggle that benefitted other classes.
£30.40
University of Chicago Press The Long Affair Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution 17851800
Book SynopsisAn examination of Thomas Jefferson through the critical lens of the French Revolution. Conor C. O'Brien argues that Jefferson, though enthralled with the ideology of the French Revolution, still retained a shrewd political pragmatism, exploiting the Revolution's popularity with the American public.
£90.31
The University of Chicago Press Ku Klux Kulture
Book SynopsisIn popular understanding, the Ku Klux Klan is a hateful white supremacist organization. In Ku Klux Kulture, Felix Harcourt argues that in the 1920s the self-proclaimed Invisible Empire had an even wider significance as a cultural movement. Ku Klux Kulture reveals the extent to which the KKK participated in and penetrated popular American culture, reaching far beyond its paying membership to become part of modern American society. The Klan owned radio stations, newspapers, and sports teams, and its members created popular films, pulp novels, music, and more. Harcourt shows how the Klan's racist and nativist ideology became subsumed in sunnier popular portrayals of heroic vigilantism. In the process he challenges prevailing depictions of the 1920s, which may be best understood not as the Jazz Age or the Age of Prohibition, but as the Age of the Klan. Ku Klux Kulture gives us an unsettling glimpse into the past, arguing that the Klan did not die so much as melt into America's prevailingTrade Review"This sobering and important book powerfully explains the relationship of Ku Klux Klan members and the broader 'Klannish' movement to the emergence of modern American culture in the 1920s. In a time when white supremacy was widespread and unapologetic, the Ku Klux Klan was enormously popular. Drawing on an impressive body of research, Harcourt shows us the remarkable extent to which the Klan became central to American culture of the day. Klan newspapers proliferated nationally and gained huge circulations. Klannish Americans played songs like 'Onward Christian Klansman' and 'Daddy Swiped our Last Clean Sheet and Joined the Ku Klux Klan' on their phonographs and radios; indeed, a Klan-controlled radio station became the fifth most powerful in the nation. Popular books catered to cultural fascination with the Klan. Major publishers nudged authors to take a pro-Klan tone, as readers cancelled subscriptions to publications critical of the Klan. Klan baseball teams and basketball teams were widespread, and sometimes sensationally competed against Catholic, Jewish, and African-American rivals. While Harcourt shows that many found the Klan profoundly un-American, it was very much present at the creation of, and influenced the shape of modern popular culture."--Elaine Frantz "author of Ku-Klux: The Birth of the Klan during Reconstruction " "Offers some useful background information. . . . An exhaustive survey of Klansmen's appearances, variously as heroes or villains, in the era's novels, movies, songs, plays, musicals, and more." --Adam Hochschild "New York Review of Books " "An impressive work of archival history. . . .The book is essential reading, because it shows that, rather than a radical fringe group, the 1920s KKK was a central, well-respected part of white Protestant culture."--Raphael Magarik "The Forward " "An intriguing exploration of the rise and fall of the second iteration of the Ku Klux Klan. . .Recommended."--Choice "In this detailed and impressively researched book, Harcourt demonstrates that the Ku Klux Klan was embedded in the popular culture of the 1920s, showing that the Klan absorbed and took part in distinctive aspects of American popular culture, including movies, music, print media, radio, and sports. The book clearly establishes the Klan's presence in American popular culture during the 1920s, which in itself is an important contribution to the debates concerning the representativeness, relative modernity, and impact of the Klan on American life, despite its political failures. This is an important and original book in Klan historiography."--Thomas R. Pegram "author of One Hundred Percent American: The Rebirth and Decline of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s " "An outstanding book that will appeal to laypersons and scholars alike. It deserves a wide readership . .With sharp analysis and clear writing, Harcourt has substantially increased our understanding of racism and xenophobia in the 1920s and identified new directions for further inquiry."--The Annals of Iowa "A valuable resource for anyone researching American culture during the 1920s."--American Journalism "A superb piece of scholarship. . .[Harcourt] is particularly good at showing how anti-Klan cultural productions helped legitimatize the Klan's views."--Eric Herschthal "The New Republic " "With this impressively researched monograph, historian Felix Harcourt works to dislodge a stubborn myth about the 1920s Ku Klux Klan: that the self-proclaimed Invisible Empire operated at the margins of American life."--The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era "Ku Klux Kulture breaks new ground. . .A handy reference work that will be much used. . .Harcourt piles on the evidence to support the book's thesis that the Klan, both as subject and consumer, was at the center of American popular culture in the 1920s."--Arkansas Review
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The University of Chicago Press Sri LankaEthnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of
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The University of Chicago Press The Old Regime and the Revolution Volume I
Book SynopsisDe Tocqueville's great meditation on the origins and meanings of the French revolution remains one of the most profound and influential studies of this pivotal period.
£25.65
Palgrave Macmillan Garibaldi Hero of Italian Unification
Book SynopsisGiuseppe Garibaldi was praised for hismilitary genius, his courage, and his charisma. In this landmark biography,Christopher Hibbertreveals how this iconic figure and architect of Italian unificationearned the adulation of not only his fellow Italians, but people across the globe. Trade Review"...an admirable piece of work. Besides giving us a vivid account of Garibaldi's successes and misfortunes, it supplies a dramatic picture of his personality. Mr. Hibbert's treatment of his subject, though never unsympathetic, is distinguised thorugh its realism and candour" - Peter Quennell, author of Vladimir Nabokov: A Tribute "Hibbert is a remarkably prolific popular historian, who can take on almost anything, from Dickens to General Wolfe, from Agincourt to Garibaldi" -- The Observer "A vivid biography of the hero of making modern Italy" -- The TimesTable of ContentsTable of Contents Part I: 1807-1859 'Apostles of a new religion' 'An eagle hovering in the upper heights' 'A man of destiny' The Siege of Rome The French Attack The Fall of Rome The Retreat of San Marino The Flight to Portiglione 'A place to settle' 'Viva La Francia!' War in the Alps 'Love and Duty' Part II: 1860 'The Negation of God' The sailing of The Thousand The Battle of Calatafimi The Capture of Palermo The Dictator of the Two Sicilies The Battle of Milazzo Calabria Naples The Volturno Part III: 1861-1882 'Roma o morte!' London, 1864 'The Scourge of Italy' Caprera References Sources Index
£16.14
Columbia University Press Ideology and Revolution in Modern Europe An
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Columbia University Press Memoirs of a Chinese Revolutionary
Book SynopsisAn important account of the historical roots of the Tiananmen Square incident, Wang Fan-Isaac autobiography documents events in China from 1919 to 1949. Including previously unpublished material in English, this book details past events in China by someone who was there, on the inside.Table of Contents1. My First Contact with New Ideas 2. Two Years of University Life 3. From Wuhan to Moscow 4. Chinese Students in Moscow 5. My Second Year in Moscow 6. Working under Chou En-lai 7. Unification of the Four Groups 8. Prision Life 9. The Founding of Struggle and the Darkest Days of my Life 10. Ch'en Tu-hsiu, the Chinese Trotskyists, and the War of Resistance 11. The Pacific War and a New Split in the Organization 12. From War Revolution 13. Thinking in Solitude
£31.50
Columbia University Press Public SexGay Space Between MenBetween Women
Book SynopsisThis examination of the events of the Iranian Revolution highlights class politics and the contention for power within the context of changing ideological relations between the state and civil society. The author characterizes the post-revolutionay order as a Third World variant of fascism.
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Columbia University Press Class Politics and Ideology in the Iranian
Book SynopsisThis examination of the events of the Iranian Revolution highlights class politics and the contention for power within the context of changing ideological relations between the state and civil society. The author characterizes the post-revolutionay order as a Third World variant of fascism.
£27.20
Columbia University Press Between Two Armies in the Ixil Towns of Guatemala
Book SynopsisChallenging the views of human rights activists, Stoll argues that the Ixils who supported Guatemalan rebels in the early 1980's did so because they were caught in the crossfire between the guerillas and the army, not because revolutionary violence expressed community aspirations.
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Columbia University Press The Arab Uprisings Explained
Book SynopsisThe Arab Uprisings Explained offers a fresh rethinking of established theories and presents a new framework through which scholars and general readers can better grasp the fast-developing events remaking the regionTrade ReviewThis important volume addresses core questions about the origins, dynamics, and consequences of the Arab uprisings in a rigorous way that transcends headlines and quick, opinion-based analyses. -- Melani Cammett, author of Globalization and Business Politics in North Africa: A Comparative Perspective An outstanding volume on the Arab uprisings-one of the very best so far. The articles are thematic, covering key factors and actors at play as the uprisings continue to unfold. A well-informed, theoretically grounded collection. -- Shibley Telhami, author of The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East This extremely useful and timely book directs the reader toward thematic and topical arguments that provide a broader understanding of the Arab uprisings. Expected topics such as diffusion, media, the military, and elections are joined by analyses of less examined themes like labor, political space, and banking systems. The treatments are sophisticated yet accessible. An excellent contribution to the most important questions facing scholars of Middle East politics. -- F. Gregory Gause, III, author of The International Relations of the Persian Gulf This theoretically sound volume is one of the better books about the still unfolding phenomenon of Arab uprisings. Academics, journalists, and policy makers will benefit from the well-informed analyses offered. Library Journal This valuable collection of essays provides a thoughtful treatment of one of the most important turning point in the history of the modern Middle East... an essential book for those who wish to step back and assess what happened to the Middle East. Survival Offering a comparative overview of key structural issues such as the role of the military and the independence of the private sector... [The Arab Uprisings Explained] provides the most useful basis for understanding the differences in post-uprising trajectories and the factors that have limited opportunities for democratic change. -- Jane Kinninmont International Affairs An impressively comprehensive volume that sheds valuable light on this unexpected upsurge of contention and its disappointing outcomes. -- Kurt Weyland Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction, by Marc Lynch 2. Theories of Transition, by Daniel Brumberg Part I: Regional and Cross-National Dimensions 3. Diffusion and Demonstration, by David Patel, Valerie Bunce, and Sharon Wolchik 4. Authoritarian Learning and Counterrevolution, by Steven Heydemann and Reinoud Leenders 5. Media, Old and New, by Marc Lynch 6. Inter-Arab Relations and the Regional System, by Curtis R. Ryan Part II: Key Actors 7. States and Bankers, by Clement M. Henry 8. Arab Militaries, by Robert Springborg 9. Political Geography, by Jillian Schwedler and Ryan King 10. Labor Movements and Organizations, by Vickie Langohr 11. Islamist Movements, by Quinn Mecham 12. Elections, by Ellen Lust Part III: Public Opinion 13. Political System Preferences of Arab Publics, by Mark Tessler and Michael Robbins 14. Political Attitudes of Youth Cohorts, by Michael Hoffmann and Amaney Jamal 15. Constitutional Revolutions and the Public Sphere, by Nathan J. Brown 16. Conclusion, by Marc Lynch List of Contributors Index
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Columbia University Press Classless Politics Islamist Movements the Left
Book SynopsisClassless Politics offers a counterintuitive account of the relationship between neoliberal economics and Islamist politics in Egypt. Hesham Sallam examines why Islamist movements have gained support at the expense of the left, even amid conflicts over the costs of economic reforms.Trade ReviewSallam has written a compelling and excellent book on the ways the structural conditions surrounding economic austerity measures shaped Islamist responses and successes in Egypt. Today, Egypt, like many other countries, sees “less class and more identity” in its everyday politics. This transformation is directly tied to the weakening of leftist parties and the dominance of neoliberalism. Sallam puts forth a rich book that captures the sentiments of elites and citizens as they embraced this new reality. -- Amaney A. Jamal, author of Of Empires and Citizens: Pro-American Democracy or No Democracy at All?Classless Politics is a welcome addition for understanding the past fifty years of oppositional politics in Egypt. As the Islamists joined forces in the state’s neoliberal governing project as “opposition,” the left and class analysis were practically eliminated while socioeconomic inequalities expanded. This research not only provides a coherent history but also shows how this structure nurtured deeper divisions between opposition groups in the decades prior to the Egyptian Uprising. Classless Politics is a must-read for students of Egypt’s politics. -- Joshua Stacher, author of Watermelon Democracy: Egypt's Turbulent TransitionTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction. More Identity, Less Class: Paths to Classless Politics1. Inheriting Nasser’s Debts: The Rise and Fall of the Nasserist Social Pact2. Islamist Incorporation in the State of Science and Faith3. Sadat’s Brothers: Islamist Incorporation and the Autonomous Path4. Nasser’s Comrades: State Guardianship and the Dependent Path5. Islamist Incorporation, National Identity, and the Left: A Tale of Two ComradesConclusion. Reflections on the Legacies of Islamist Incorporation and the Post-Mubarak PoliticsAppendix I. The Theoretical Argument, Key Concepts, and Central AssumptionsAppendix II. Critical Junctures and Path-Dependent Institutional PatternsNotesBibliographyIndex
£93.60
Columbia University Press Classless Politics
Book SynopsisClassless Politics offers a counterintuitive account of the relationship between neoliberal economics and Islamist politics in Egypt. Hesham Sallam examines why Islamist movements have gained support at the expense of the left, even amid conflicts over the costs of economic reforms.Trade ReviewSallam has written a compelling and excellent book on the ways the structural conditions surrounding economic austerity measures shaped Islamist responses and successes in Egypt. Today, Egypt, like many other countries, sees “less class and more identity” in its everyday politics. This transformation is directly tied to the weakening of leftist parties and the dominance of neoliberalism. Sallam puts forth a rich book that captures the sentiments of elites and citizens as they embraced this new reality. -- Amaney A. Jamal, author of Of Empires and Citizens: Pro-American Democracy or No Democracy at All?Classless Politics is a welcome addition for understanding the past fifty years of oppositional politics in Egypt. As the Islamists joined forces in the state’s neoliberal governing project as “opposition,” the left and class analysis were practically eliminated while socioeconomic inequalities expanded. This research not only provides a coherent history but also shows how this structure nurtured deeper divisions between opposition groups in the decades prior to the Egyptian Uprising. Classless Politics is a must-read for students of Egypt’s politics. -- Joshua Stacher, author of Watermelon Democracy: Egypt's Turbulent TransitionTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction. More Identity, Less Class: Paths to Classless Politics1. Inheriting Nasser’s Debts: The Rise and Fall of the Nasserist Social Pact2. Islamist Incorporation in the State of Science and Faith3. Sadat’s Brothers: Islamist Incorporation and the Autonomous Path4. Nasser’s Comrades: State Guardianship and the Dependent Path5. Islamist Incorporation, National Identity, and the Left: A Tale of Two ComradesConclusion. Reflections on the Legacies of Islamist Incorporation and the Post-Mubarak PoliticsAppendix I. The Theoretical Argument, Key Concepts, and Central AssumptionsAppendix II. Critical Junctures and Path-Dependent Institutional PatternsNotesBibliographyIndex
£25.50
Penguin Books Ltd History of the Russian Revolution
Book Synopsis''The greatest history of an event I know'' - C.L.R. JamesRegarded by many as among the most powerful works of history ever written, The History of the Russian Revolution offers an unparalleled account of one of the most pivotal and hotly debated events in world history. This book presents, from the perspective of one of its central actors, the profound liberating character of the early Russian Revolution.Originally published in three parts, Trotsky''s masterpiece is collected here in a single volume. It is still the most vital and inspiring record of the Russian Revolution ever published.
£18.00
Penguin Books Ltd Guerrilla Warfare
Book Synopsis''Guerrilla warfare is a war of the masses, a war of the people''First published in 1961, following the successful Cuban Revolution, this is Che Guevara''s handbook for guerrilla war.It covers strategy, tactics, terrain, organization of an army, logistics, field medical treatment, intelligence, propaganda and training, and focuses on seven ''golden rules'' of guerrilla warfare. Widely studied both by insurrectionist movements and those who have tried to suppress them, this is the key text to understand how revolutions can be fought and won by ordinary people.
£9.49
Indiana University Press The ANCs War against Apartheid
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe ANC's War against Apartheid is a masterful corrective to contemporary grand narratives about the military struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Its value and sheer usefulness for scholars and advanced students working on southern African political history cannot be overestimated. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. A Brief History of the Umkhonto we Sizwe and the Armed Struggle2. "I Am Not Prepared to Answer at This Stage": History, Evidence and the Mamre Camp, December 26–30, 19623. The Sight of Battle: Visuality, History, and Representations of the Wankie Campaign, July 31–September 8, 19674. Losing the Plot: Mystery, Narrativity and Investigation in Novo Catengue, May 1977–March 19795. Everyday Life during Wartime: Experience, Modes of Writing, and the Underground in Cape Town During the Long Decade of the 1980sConclusion: Making the Struggle Concrete: Nationalist Historiography at Freedom ParkAppendicesBibliographyIndex
£59.50
Indiana University Press The ANCs War against Apartheid
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe ANC's War against Apartheid is a masterful corrective to contemporary grand narratives about the military struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Its value and sheer usefulness for scholars and advanced students working on southern African political history cannot be overestimated. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. A Brief History of the Umkhonto we Sizwe and the Armed Struggle2. "I Am Not Prepared to Answer at This Stage": History, Evidence and the Mamre Camp, December 26–30, 19623. The Sight of Battle: Visuality, History, and Representations of the Wankie Campaign, July 31–September 8, 19674. Losing the Plot: Mystery, Narrativity and Investigation in Novo Catengue, May 1977–March 19795. Everyday Life during Wartime: Experience, Modes of Writing, and the Underground in Cape Town During the Long Decade of the 1980sConclusion: Making the Struggle Concrete: Nationalist Historiography at Freedom ParkAppendicesBibliographyIndex
£25.19
Indiana University Press Women of the Midan The Untold Stories of Egypts
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWomen of the Midan sheds new light on what really happened on the streets of Cairo during the Egyptian Uprising, from the women's perspective. This study would be of much interest to students and scholars of Middle East Studies, the Social Sciences, and Feminist and Cultural Studies. * Arab Studies Quarterly *Women of the Midan offers one a rich access to both an unsilenced archive and an embodied language that resist being written out of history. The book is an absolute must for everyone who wants to understand what it means to create, remember, and narrate embodied/ gendered histories of revolution. * Religious Studies Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsRecentering Gender in Revolution: Timeline 2011 to 2015Introduction1. Telling the Stories of Revolutionary Women2. Gender and Corporeality in Egypt: A History3. Gender, Class and Revolt in Neoliberal Cairo4. The Lived Experience of Women's Struggle5. Bodies That Protest6. The Specter of Gender Violence7. Taking Resistance Virtually: Corporeality and Sexual TaboosWorks CitedIndex
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Indiana University Press Women of the Midan The Untold Stories of Egypts
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWomen of the Midan sheds new light on what really happened on the streets of Cairo during the Egyptian Uprising, from the women's perspective. This study would be of much interest to students and scholars of Middle East Studies, the Social Sciences, and Feminist and Cultural Studies. * Arab Studies Quarterly *Women of the Midan offers one a rich access to both an unsilenced archive and an embodied language that resist being written out of history. The book is an absolute must for everyone who wants to understand what it means to create, remember, and narrate embodied/ gendered histories of revolution. * Religious Studies Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsRecentering Gender in Revolution: Timeline 2011 to 2015Introduction1. Telling the Stories of Revolutionary Women2. Gender and Corporeality in Egypt: A History3. Gender, Class and Revolt in Neoliberal Cairo4. The Lived Experience of Women's Struggle5. Bodies That Protest6. The Specter of Gender Violence7. Taking Resistance Virtually: Corporeality and Sexual TaboosWorks CitedIndex
£22.49
ABC-CLIO African Democratization and Military Coups
Book SynopsisHe examines democracies in traditional Africa and shows how these socieites clearly defined and limited the roles of traditional African armies.From this background, Onwumechili makes readers appreciate that modern African armies are deviant institutions, with no roots in traditional Africa.Table of ContentsForeword Preface Traditional African Democracies Western Democracy and Democratic Consolidation in Africa Reasons For and History of Military Coups Military Threat to Deomocratization Solutions to the Military Threat Case Studies and OAU's Role Bibliography Index
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin I Am Evelyn Amony Reclaiming My Life from the
Book SynopsisMore than 60,000 children were abducted in east and central Africa in the 1990s by the violent rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army and its notorious commander Joseph Kony. Evelyn Amony was one of them. I Am Evelyn Amony tells a harrowing story of heartbreaking loss, unrelenting horror, and courageous survival.Trade Review'I am Evelyn Amony may be the ultimate example of a determined woman using her own powerful voice.'-African Arguments“In addition to the inherent drama of Amony’s voyage, the book uses the immediacy of oral storytelling that transitions well into written form, conveying her observations interspersed with barbed, often poetic analysis.”—International Journal of African Historical Studies
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Yale University Press The Bolsheviks in Russian Society
Book SynopsisDrawing on recently opened archives, the contributors to this volume challenge the commonly held view that the Bolsheviks enjoyed widespread support. They show instead that during this period Russian society was at war with itself and with the Bolsheviks.
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Yale University Press The Religious Origins of the French Revolution
Book SynopsisAlthough the French Revolution is associated with efforts to "dechristianise" the French state, it actually had religious - even Christian - origins, claims this text. Looking back at the centuries preceding the revolution, it explores the religious strands that influenced political events.
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Yale University Press Interpreting the Russian Revolution
Book SynopsisThe authors examine the diverse ways that language and other symbols - flags, songs, codes of dress - were used to identify competing sides and to create new meanings in the political struggle of 1917, and find that the Revolution was in many ways a battle to control these systems of symbolic meaning.
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc The Old Regime and the French Revolution
Book SynopsisThe most important contribution to our understanding of the French Revolution was written almost one hundred years ago by Alexis de Tocqueville.
£14.39
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group The Anatomy Of Revolution
Book SynopsisThe definitive, hugely influential comparative history of the English, American, French and Russian revolutions from a renowned American scholar. Classic and famous, The Anatomy of Revolution examines the patterns and processes that all revolutions share. Such is [Professor Brinton's] wit and historical knowledge that what might have become a syllogistic hash in lesser hands turns out to be a keen and perceptive exposition and , like a well-conducted seminar, sets the mind of the reader racing off on its owns. --The New Yorker
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Architecture and Revolution Contemporary Perspectives on Central and Eastern Europe
Book SynopsisArchitecture and Revolution explores the consequences of the 1989 revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe from an architectural perspective. It presents new writings from a team of renowned architects, philosophers and cultural theorists from both the East and the West. They explore the questions over the built environment that now face architects, planners and politicians in the region. They examine the problems of buildings inherited from the communist era: some are environmentally inadequate, many were designed to serve a now redundant social programme and others carry the stigma of association with previous regimes. Contributors include: Daniel Libeskind, Bernard Tschumi, Laura Mulvey, Helene Cixous, Andrew Benjamin and Frederic Jameson.Table of ContentsbPart I. Historical Perspectives. 1. Sources of a Radical Mission in the Early Soviet Profession: Alexei Gan and the Moscow Anarchists. 2. The Vesnin's Palace of Labour: the Role of Practice in Materialising the Revolutionary. 3. Notes for a Manifesto. A Postmodern Critic's Kit for Interpreting Socialist. Part II. Architecture and Change. 5. History Lessons - Policing the Body: Descartes and the Architecture of Change. 7. The State as a Work of Art: the Trauma of Ceausescu's Disneyland - 8. Architecture or Revolution? Part III. Strategies for a New Europe. 9. Traces of the Unborn. Resisting the Erasure of History: Daniel Libeskind Interviewed by Anne Wagner. 11. The Humanity of Architecture. 12. Disjunctions. 13. The Dark Side of the Domus: The Redomestication of Central and Eastern Europe. 14. Architecture in a Post-Totalitarian Society: Round-Table Discussion Conducted by Bart Goldhoorn. Part IV. The Romanian Question. 15. Totalitarian city: Bucharest 1980-9, Semio-Clinical Files. 16. The People's House, or the Voluptuous Violence of an Architectural Paradox.17. Utopia 1988, Romania; Post-Utopia 1995, Romania. 18. Rediscovering Romania. Part V. Tombs and Monuments. 19. Berlin 1961-89: The Bridal Chamber. Reflections on Disgraced Monuments. 21. Attacks on the Castle. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Revolutions in World History Themes in World
Book SynopsisThis broad comparative survey focuses on five big case studies, starting with the English Revolution in the seventeenth century, and going on to the Mexican, Russian, Vietnamese and Iranian Revolutions.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Bringing revolutions back into history; Chapter 2 The British Revolution of the seventeenth century; Chapter 3 The Mexican Revolution; Chapter 4 The Russian Revolution; Chapter 5 The Vietnamese Revolution; Chapter 6 The Iranian Revolution; Chapter 7 Revolutions in world history;
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Taylor & Francis The Origins of the Russian Revolution 18611917 Lancaster Pamphlets
A concise introduction to the Russian Revolution and its origins dating back to the emancipation of the Russian peasant serfs in 1861.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Revolution in the Making of the Modern World
Book SynopsisThis volume questions whether ideas of revolution are still relevant in the postmodern and globalized world of the twenty-first century. Featuring contributions from some of the world''s leading sociological and political thinkers on revolution, it combines theoretical concerns with a variety of detailed case studies of individual revolutions. Subjects covered include: democracy and revolution from 1789 to 1989 twentieth century revolutions and theories of revolution, including Marxism, modernization and structuralist theories revolution in the Third World and the variable geometry of the paths to modernity Islamic revolutions and modernity the 1989 revolutions as democratic revolutions or elite-led transitions globalization, the nation-state and revolution empire and democratic revolution network society and revolution Islamic fundamentalism, international terrorism and revolution Trade Review'The distinguished scholars in this volume offer a vital updating of our understanding of 'revolution' for the next century. Tackling critical topics from democracy to Islamic revolution to terrorism, these insightful essays show how revolutionary traditions and patterns of revolutionary conflict have been transformed by today's global struggles for freedom and power.' - Jack A. Goldstone, Hazel Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA Table of ContentsPreface John Barber. Foreword: Roads to Modernity: Revolutionary and Other Göran Therborn 1. Revolution in the Making of the Modern World John Foran, David Lane and Andreja Zivkovic Part 1: From 1789 to 1989: Revolutions in Europe 2. Understanding Revolution John Dunn 3. Revolution and Democracy: The European Experience Harald Wydra 4. "Transformation" of State Socialism or Class Revolution? David Lane Part 2: Social Identities, Modernity, and New Modes of Struggle 5. Revolutionary Internationalism and its Perils Fred Halliday 6. Durable Inequality: The Legacies of China’s Revolutions and the Pitfalls of Reform Ching Kwan Lee and Mark Selden 7. Is There a Future for Islamist Revolutions? Religion, Revolt, and Middle Eastern Modernity Asef Bayat 8. Revolution, Nationalism, and Global Justice: Towards Social Transformation with Women Valentine M. Moghadam 9. Stories of Revolution in the Periphery Eric Selbin Part 3: Globalization and the Possible Futures of Revolution 10. What Does Revolution Mean in the Twenty-First Century? Alex Callinicos 11. Revolution and Empire Robin Blackburn 12. Virtual Revolution? Information Communication Technologies, Networks, and Social Transformation Andreja Zivkovic and John Hogan 13. Explaining Revolutionary Terrorism Jeff Goodwin 14. The Future of Revolution: Imitation or Innovation? Krishan Kumar 15. New Political Cultures of Opposition: What Future for Revolutions? John Foran. Afterword: On the Concept of Revolution Antonio Negri
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The University of Michigan Press From Revolution to War
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University of California Press Women of the Klan
Book SynopsisIgnorant. Brutal. Male. One of these stereotypes of the Ku Klux Klan offers a misleading picture. This work dismantles the popular notion that politically involved women are always inspired by pacifism, equality, and justice.Table of ContentsPreface to the 2009 Edition Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. THE KLAN AND WOMANHOOD 1. Organizing 100% American Women 2. Womanhood and the Klan Fraternity 3. Battling the Seductive Allurements PART II. WOMEN IN THE KLAN 4. Joining the Ladies' Organization 5. A Poison Squad of Whispering Women 6. 100% Cooperation: Political Culture in the Klan Epilogue Notes A Postscript on Sources Index
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University of California Press From the Jaws of Victory
Book SynopsisPresents the comprehensive history of the meteoric rise and precipitous decline of the United Farm Workers, the most successful farm labor union in United States history. Based on little-known sources and one-of-a-kind oral histories with many veterans of the farm worker movement, this book revises much of what we know about the UFW.Trade Review"Essential reading for anyone seriously studying the farm worker movement." -- Fernando Gapasin Working USA "Garcia has compiled the most comprehensive history on the United Farm Workers to date, with many new oral histories that will change how we think about the UFW." -- Kristen Yinger Los Angeles Magazine "A thorough history of the rise and fall of Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers labor union... Meticulous and timely." Kirkus Reviews "Riveting." -- M. Greenwald ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 * Birth of a Movement 2 * Capitalism in Reverse 3 * Workers of the World, Unite! 4 * Stuck in the Middle 5 * A Bitter Harvest 6 * Busy Dying 7 * Rotting from the Inside Out 8 * Some Were More Equal Than Others Epilogue: Beyond the Legend Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Uruguay 1968
Book SynopsisThe tumultuous 1960s saw a generation of Latin American youth enter into political life in unprecedented numbers. In this book, the author explores how the Uruguayan student movement of 1968 shaped leftist politics in the country for decades to come.Trade Review"Markarian makes sense of the complex and often conflicted interaction of three phenomena: the youth’s rapid conversion to violent repertoires of political contention, their massive incorporation into leftist organizations, and their appropriation of cultural ideas and practices emanating from their contemporaries in Europe and the United States... a significant contribution." * International Sociology *"Uruguay, 1968 deftly brings to light the local experiences of a global revolt." * Contemporanea *"Significant... [the book] influences historians' understanding of student movements, youth mobilization and itsrelationship to the Left, and what motivates protests at politically precarious moments." * Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *"Creatively researched, offers some intriguing interpretations that respond to the perspective of hindsight after collective trauma, and brings to the fore a group of young political actors who clearly were connected to the wider social landscape at that moment: the funeral of their first martyr, shot in the street, drew nearly two hundred thousand residents." * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations INTRODUCTION 1. MOBILIZATIONS Students Take to the Streets Coordinates of a Cycle of Protest On Violence 2. DISCUSSIONS The Unions and the Movement The Lefts and the Students Paths and Paradoxes of Revolutionary Action 3. CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS Militant Mystiques Youth Cultures More Nuances CONCLUSION. 1968 AND THE EMERGENCE OF A "NEW LEFT" Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Hotel Mexico
Book SynopsisIn 1968, Mexico prepared to host the Olympic games amid growing civil unrest. In this study of the afterlives of the '68 Movement, the author explores how urban spaces - material but also literary, photographic, and cinematic - became an archive of 1968, providing a framework for de facto modes of justice for years to come.Trade Review"In this skillful work of interdisciplinary rigor Hotel Mexico is the first study to situate the ’68 movement within urban culture and space by using the methodologies of collective memory and cultural studies. ... In this refreshing study, Flaherty employs an impressive array of sources to weave a deeply more complex narrative of 1960s Mexico than academics tend to tell in similar books." * Planning Perspectives *"Flaherty understands students’ 'spatiopolitical imaginations' as offering counterhegemonic visions of their rights to the city (136). Hotel Mexico rightly argues that urban space was a constant site of political struggle." * Latin American Research Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments introduction 1. city of palaces 2. revenge of dust 3. urban logistics and kinetic environments 4. gestures of hospitality 5. satellites 6. mobilization and mediation 7. dwellings Notes Bibliography Index
£25.50
Cambridge University Press The Crisis in Kashmir
Book SynopsisThis book traces the origins of the insurgency in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. The first theoretically-grounded account, it is based on extensive interviews. Professor Ganguly's central argument is that the insurgency can be explained by political mobilisation and institutional decay.Trade Review'Scholarly discourse on Kashmir is mostly confined to two broad schools of thought: one favours the Indian-held Muslim majority province's goal of secession from India, while the other confronts the issue of secessionism and its legality, with the aim, very often, of providing support for the purpose of keeping Kashmir in the Indian federation. ≤umit Ganguly's Crisis in Kashmir is a welcome departure from the dual approach to the problem. … The core of the book is a balanced picture of the ongoing Kashmiri uprising since the late 1980s. What I found especially interesting is the chapter on strategies and Options for Resolving the Crisis. Ganguly's book is also noteworthy for the inclusion in the appendix of four important documents that have shaped the history of modern Kashmir.' Commonwealth and Comparative Politics'This volume represents social science at its best.' Foreign Affairs'The conflict in Kashmir … has precipitated two interstate wars and retains the potential to be the cause of another - this time between a nuclear-armed Pakistan and India. ≤umit Ganguly's brief study provides a dispassionate examination of the conflict.' Current History'Ganguly's book is a cool, controlled survey of Kashmir's recent political history, expressed in the vocabulary of political mobilization theory, followed by a review of feasible solutions.' The Times Higher Education Supplement'Essential for India specialists, political scientists, ethnicists, international theorists, and all levels of students, it can also be appreciated by general readers.' Choice'≤umit Ganguly has produced the fullest account yet of the causes and character of the Kashmir rebellion on the 1990s. Without dogma or predisposition, his analysis illuminates the sources and structure of a neglected, dangerous conflict.' Washington PostTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; Maps; 1. The Kashmir conundrum; 2. Political mobilization and the onset of the insurgency; 3. The past as contrast; or, the dog that didn't bark; 4. Another war and Mrs. Gandhi's legacy; 5. The proximate causes: the Rajiv-Farooq accord and the outbreak of the insurgency; 6. The crisis worsens; 7. Strategies and options for resolving the crisis; Epilogue; Appendices; Index.
£33.14
Transworld Publishers Ltd The Worlds Most Dangerous Place
Book SynopsisThe author is among the few to have witnessed at first hand the devastating reality of life in the failed and desperate state of Somalia. In this book, he takes us to the heart of the struggle, meeting everyone from politicians, pirates, extremists and mercenaries to aid workers, civilians and refugees.Trade ReviewOne of the best narratives of discovery I have read for years. The sense of place is acute, the characters and landscapes vivid ... rivals Ryszard Kapuscinski and Robert Byron at their best. -- Robert Fox * Evening Standard *Fergusson has a talent for shedding light in dark places. While most reporters have opted to stay away, Fergusson has risked his life to cover the ground and, an even greater achievement, succeeded in making the Somali mess understandable and relevant. It is this insight, alongside his harrowing account of life in the grief zone that gives Fergusson's book its power. -- Anthony Sattin * Observer *Essential reading for those who seek to counter the menace. With ingenuity and no little courage he has travelled far and wide, within Somalia and among the Somali diaspora in Britain and America, delving into the soul of a ravaged community. * The Economist *What [Fergusson] has done, with heroic tenacity and no little courage, is to spend much of the last two years wandering from one end of the country to the other, interviewing politicians and presidents, fighters and pirates, foreign advisers and security guards, and above all scores of ordinary Somalis, whose lives have been destroyed by 20 years of carnage and whose tales he eloquently recounts. An elegant writer, with a scholarly understanding of history, he brings to terrible light the catastrophe that is Somalia. -- Caroline Moorehead * The Spectator *Fergusson's book is an honest, illuminating and surprisingly funny account of his travels through a lawless land in which the lure of terrorism all too often proves irresistible. * Mail on Sunday *A perceptive and engaging account. * Guardian *Excellent. -- Mark Doyle * Observer *If you meet James Fergusson on your travels, look out, you are most definitely in the wrong place. The writer has earned something of a reputation as a specialist on the dark side of the troubled world in which we live. From the Balkans to Afghanistan and the modern-day hell that is sub-Saharan Africa, the adventurous journalist and best-selling author has put his life on the line to become a global authority on Al Qaeda, the Taliban, boy soldiers in Somalia - and the worst aspects of human behaviour in the most inhospitable and dangerous regions. -- Jim McBeth * Daily Mail *This book is one of the most detailed and illuminating books I have ever read. Comprehensive, detailed, and filled with information, this is an excellent read. Read this book. * Army Rumour Service (ARRSE) *Coruscating reportage... Fergusson is a great journalist, and such truly brilliant investigative work offers the seeds, the suggestions of remedies for the contagion beneath the reporter’s microscope. -- Roger Hutchinson * Scotsman *Riveting ... Fergusson rounds out this invaluable work by noting the glimmers of hope appearing * Publishers Weekly *[A] fine book... With his usual insouciant courage – for this country is not for the faint-hearted – Fergusson takes us on an invigorating journey through Somali life and history... wide-ranging and fascinating. -- Frank Ledwidge * RUSI journal *Exceptional... Fergusson vividly recounts the grotesque horrors of the endless war in Somalia while leavening his account with the gallows humor of some of the war’s participants. -- Nicolas van de Walle * Foreign Affairs magazine *
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Paris Commune 1871 Turning Points
Book SynopsisThe Paris Commune was the biggest and last popular revolution in western Europe - ending the cycle of revolutions that started in 1789. The Parisians, reeling from defeat in the Franco-Prussian War set up their own revolutionary administration. Government troops eventually retook the city and took a terrible revenge: thousands died in the bloodbath that followed. The short-lived Commune and its repression cast a long shadow. It exposed deep divisions in French society and became a potent inspiration for the radical left. This stirring new study written with great zest, and a vivid sense of time and place lets the reader experience these tumultuous events at first hand and provides a comprehensive synthesis of recent research in both French and English.Table of ContentsPrologue: The Communes - A Narrative Introduction. 1. Paris bivouac of the revolution. 2. From people's war to people's revolution June 1870-March 1871. 3. `The political form at last discovered'? The Commune as government4. A new revolutionary people? 5. The Last Struggle. 6. Consequences, Representations and Meanings. 7. Conclusion. Guide to Further Reading. Chronology.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The French Revolution
Book SynopsisThis book provides an interpretation of the French Revolution that is both thematic and accessible to the general reader. The discussion includes an analysis of the historiography of the subject, and reviews the range of literature produced around the recent Bicentenary. Insisting that the French Revolution had an important social dimension, Alan Forrest demonstrates that the revolutionaries, even the most extreme of them, were committed to an ordered society. He argues that in destroying the political institutions and the corporate structures of the Ancien Regime, they were conscious of the need to invent a new order of their own, one that would be consistent with their ideology. Chapters focus on the initial crisis of 1789, on the political and social experiments of the revolutionary years, and on the impact of war and counter-revolution. The study covers the period up to 1799, looking forward where appropriate to the Napoleonic Empire. The author''s succinct and penetrating oTable of ContentsList of Figures. Select Chronology, 1787-1799. The Revoluntionary Calendar. 1. Introduction. 2. 1789. 3. Politics. 4. Society. 5. War. 6. Oppositions. Guide to Further Reading. Bibliography and References. Index.
£35.06
John Wiley and Sons Ltd European Revolutions Making of Europe
Book SynopsisProvides a reinterpretation of the last five centuries of European history, a period characterized by war, revolt and contention, by the rise and struggles of states and empires, and by urbanization, enrichment and industrialization. This book focuses on revolutions and their origins in ambition and discontent.Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Series Editor's Preface. Preface. Map 1. Europe in 1519. Map 2. Europe in 1992.. 1. Conflict, Revolt and Revolution. Revolution's Return. Revolutionary Situations. Revolutionary Outcomes. Prospect.. 2. Transformations of Europe. Change since 1492. From Segmented to Consolidated States. Struggle Changes. Types of Revolutionary Situation. Consolidation, Nationalism and Revolution. Collective Action Contention and Revolution.. 3. Revolutions, Rebellions and Civil Wars in the Low Countries and Elsewhere. The Low Countries, Home of Bourgeois Revolution. Political Struggle in the Netherlands. From the Southern Netherlands to Belgium. The Bellicose Dutch. Assaying the Low Countries' Revolutions. Iberian Revolutions. The Balkans and Hungary. Comparisons, Connections, Conclusions.. 4. The British Isles. Britain Encounters Revolution. Struggles for Control. Eleven Revolutionary Decades. Hypothetical Revolutions. Revolution's Dulled Edge.. 5. Franc and Other Frances. Bretons vs. Frenchmen. Protestants against Catholics. War, Taxes and Revolutionary Situations. Civil War and Repression. A Consolidating State. Revolutionary Processes. Rule Transformed. Resistance, Counter-revolution and Terror. Other Options. Fifteen-to Twenty-year Regimes. The Long Run of Revolution.. 6. Russia and its Neighbours. Creating Russia. Russian, Polish-Lithuanian and Tatar States. War and Rebellion, Rebellion and war. Nineteenth-century Consolidation. Prospects of Revolution. The 1905 Revolution. Two More Revolutions. Consolidation and Collapse.. 7. Revolutions Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Back to Eastern Europe. Rules of Revolution?. Five Centuries of Revolution. References. Index.
£42.26
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The French Revolution
Book Synopsisaeo Offers concise, classic interpretation of the causes, course and outcome of the French Revolution. aeo Written by the leading international historian of the period. aeo Provides readers with a critical perspective on the historiography of the subject.Trade ReviewReviews of the parent volume Revolutionary France 1770-1880: "An outstanding work of synthesis and imagination." The Times "This book is the best - and, especially, the best written - history of French politics during these years that I know. Conceived in the analytical tradition of Constant and Tocqueville, written in the narrative, learned, and convincing." Patrice Higonnet, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. Acknowledgements. 1. The Ancien Régime. 2. The Revolution of 1789: 1787-1791. 3. The Jacobin Republic: 1791-1794. 4. The Thermidorian Republic: 1794-1799. 5. Napoleon Bonaparte: 1799-1814. Appendix I: Chronological Table. Appendix II: The Republican Calendar for Year II (1793-1794). Bibliography. Glossary. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Angela Y. Davis Reader
Book SynopsisFor three decades, Angela Y. Davis has written on liberation theory and democratic praxis. Challenging the foundations of mainstream discourse, her analyses of culture, gender, capital, and race have profoundly influenced democratic theory, antiracist feminism, critical studies and political struggles.Trade Review"Over the past thirty years Angela Davis has stood as a courageous voice of conscience on matters of race, class, and gender in America. Since her imprisonment in the early 1970s hers has been a voice of principle on behalf of the rights of the incarcerated. Joy James has provided a great service in pulling together and making accessible for the first time in a single volume Angela Davis's seminal writings, revealing at once the considerable range of her insightful intellectual contributions across politics, philosophy, and culture." David Theo Goldberg, Arizona State University "Although Davis's writing in the Reader is at times flat and workmanlike, the anthology gradually reveals her humanistic vision in wonderful gestures and acute observations" Phillip M. Richards "This collection refutes that often-heard statement – that it is impossible today to be both a true intellectual and a true activist. Everyone who is concerned with the life if the mind as it illuminates the struggle for social justice will be provoked, even inspired, by these writings." – Barbara T. Christian, Professor of African-American Studies, University of Californa, Berkeley "Angela Davis has stood as a courageous voice of conscience on matters of race, class, and gender in America. Joy James has provided a great service in pulling together and making accessible for the first time in a single volume Angela Davis’s seminal writings." – David Theo Goldberg, Arizona State University "Long before ‘race/gender’ became the obligatory injunction it is now, Angela Davis was developing an analytical framework that brought all of these factors into play. For readers who only see Angela Davis as a public icon, welcome to this remarkable book and meet the real Angela Davis: perhaps the leading public intellectual of our era." – Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Yo’ Mama’s DisFunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America (1997) "A truly inspiring collection. Angela Davis offers a cartography of engagement in oppositional social movements and unwavering commitment to justice." – Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Women’s Studies, Hamilton CollegeTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: Prisons, Repression, and Resistance:. 1. Excerpts from Angela Davis: an Autobiography. 2. Political Prisoners, Prisons and Black Liberation. 3. Unfinished Lecture on Liberation - II. 4. Race and Criminalization: Black Americans and the Punishment Industry. Part II: Marxism, Anti-Racism and Feminism:. 5. Reflections on the Black Woman's Role in the Community of Slaves. 6. Rape, Racism, and the Capitalist Setting. 7. Violence Against Women and the Ongoing Challenge to Racism. 8. Joanne Little: The Dialectics of Rape. 9. Women and Capitalism: Dialectics of Oppression and Liberation. 10. The Approaching Obsolescence of Housework: A Working-Class Perspective. 11. Outcast Mothers and Surrogates: Racism and Reproductive Politics in the Nineties. 12. Black Women and the Academy. Part III: Aesthetics and Culture:. 13. For a People's Culture. 14. I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama: Ideology, Sexuality and Domesticity. 15. Photography and Afro-American History. 16. Afro Images: Politics, Fashion, and Nostalgia. 17. Meditations on the Legacy of Malcolm X. 18. Black Nationalism: The Sixties and the Nineties. Part IV: Interviews: . 19. Coalition Building Among People of Color: A Discussion With Angela Y. Davis and Elizabeth Martinez. 20. Reflections on Race, Class, and Gender in the USA. Appendix: Opening Defense Statement Presented By Angela Y. Davis in Santa Clara County Superior Court March 29, 1972. Selected Bibliography. Index.
£22.75
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The French Revolution
Book SynopsisThis book presents ten selections from the most important scholarship on the French Revolution over the past quarter century, introduced and contextualized for student readers. Historians typically categorize the historiography of the French Revolution according to each author''s approval or disapproval of the Revolution, political agenda (for example Marxist, liberal, conservative, or feminist), or methodology (for example social, political, or cultural history). This book demonstrates the inadequacy of these categories of analysis for a nuanced understanding of the Revolution and emphasizes the surprising connections between historians typically seen simply as opponents in a debate. In its thorough introduction, The French Revolution: The Essential Readings demonstrates the success of an eclectic, interdisciplinary approach to this central period in modern European history and the larger relevance of the historiography to the humanities more generally.Trade Review"This is an excellent introduction for those seeking to understand the current state of play in the enduring, but increasingly complex, debate over the origins, nature, and significance of the French Revolution. It contains a judicious selection of articles and extracts, which illustrate the different responses to the demise of the Marxist interpretation of this world-historical event, since the revisionist charge was led by François Furet in the 1970s. These challenging and up-to-date contributions to the cultural history of political, society, gender, and religion are expertly introduced by the editor, who is to be congratulated on this helpful and timely collection, which will appeal to scholars and students alike." Malcolm Crook, Keele University "For the study of the Revolution's origins, Schechter has chosen some very good pieces." H-Net Reviews "Schechter provides a good guide through the material ... The collection is stimulating ..." Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsEditors Introduction. Part I: Furet's Challenge. 1. Interpreting the French Revolution. (François Furet). Part II: The Enlightenment, The Public Sphere and The Question of Origins. 2. On the Problem of the Ideological Origins of the French Revolution. (Keith Baker). 3. The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution. Roger Chartier. 4. The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France. (Robert Darnton). 5. The Great Chain of Buying: Medical Advertisement, the Bourgeois Public Sphere, and the Origins of the French Revolution. (Colin Jones). 6. Luxury, Morality, and Social Change: Why There Was No Middle-Class Consciousness in Pre-revolutionary France. (Sarah Maza). Part IV: Gendering The Revolution. 7. French Feminists and the Rights of "Man": Olympe de Gouge's Declarations. (Joan Scott). 8. The Band of Brothers. (Lynn Hunt). Part V: Religion and The Sacred. 9. Church, State, and the Ideological Origins of the French Revolution: The Debate over the General Assembly of the Gallican Clergy in 1765. (Dale Van Kley). 10. The Revolutionary Festival: A Transfer of Sacrality. (Mona Ozouf). Index.
£36.05
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The First European Revolution
Book SynopsisThis book provides a radical reassessment of Europe from the late-tenth to the early-13th centuries. Professor Moore argues that the period witnessed the first true revolution in European society, characterized by a transformation in the economy, in family structures, and in the sources of power.Trade Review"This is a remarkable book... it can function as a synthesis of the best studies for upper-division undergraduates or graduate students. It is so well researched and argued that even though it asks the reader to accept yet one more period as revolutionary, it is entirely convincing." History: Reviews of New Books "A volume which is consistently intelligent and stimulating, not least because it draws on the insights of social anthropology and of other periods and places in history than its own ... it is the essence of a good book that it should open the reader's mind and sharpen his arguments. By that token this is assuredly a good book." Ecclesiastical HistoryTable of ContentsList of Maps and Figures. Series Editor's Preface. Preface. Introduction. Part I: The Approach of the Millennium:. 1. Glad confident morning. 2. The Faithful People. 3. The Gifts of the Saints. 4. An Age of Miracles. Part II: The Powerful and the Poor:. 5. The Urban Revolution. 6. The Crisis of the Carolingian Regime. 7. The End of Affluence. 8. The Shaping of an Agrarian Economy. 9. The Little Community. Part III: Sex and the Social Order:. 10. Family, Land and Power. 11. Vying in Good Works. 12. Chastity, Property and Obedience. 13. Incest, Matrimony and Chivalry. 14. Brothers in Christ. 15. Apostacy and Betrayal. Part IV: The Ruling Culture:. 16. The Highest Learning. 17. The Giant' s Shoulders. 18. New monarchy, new men. 19. Courts and Courtiers. 20. A Governing Passion. 21. Doubt, Hesitation and Pain. Part V: Order Restored:. 22. Pious and Inflexible Severity. 23. The Pursuit of Monopoly. 24. The Community of the Faithful. 25. Exporting the Revolution. 26. The Europe of the New Regime. Table od Dates. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
£29.40
