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Trade ReviewHazareesinghs splendid book ... tells us much about the personality and ideology of de Gaulle, about modern France and its political culture, nd about the creation of great men in history. * Robert Aldrich, Australian Journal of Politics and History *For the author of this fascinating investigation, which is as much about France as it is about the general, de Gaulle represents 'the highest point of the French national myth'. * Contemporary Review *The best book on de Gaulle. * Le Magazine des Livres *A wide-ranging and personal essay. This is not simply a book about de Gaulle. Rather, it seeks to show how de Gaulle evoked certain quasi-religious images concerned with salvation, liberation, fatherhood, and martyrdom. * Times Literary Supplement *A fascinating study of the De Gaulle myth ... his book is a model of recent French historiography in the tradition of Pierre Nora and Maurice Agulhon. He is also a political scientist, intrigued by the general's stake in his own myth-making as a means of empowerment and self-justification ... When he strays from the rich world of myth and memorialisation to consider De Gaulle the man, Hazareesingh's judgements are beautifully measured. * Jeremy Harding, London Review of Books *In this formidable work, Sudhir Hazareesingh explores the depths and contours of this imprint, showing its creation, its manifestations and its legacies. * Ludivine Broch, European History Quarterly 44(2) *A scintillating piece of work. The great interest of Sudhir Hazareesinghs remarkable book on the gaullian myth lies in the disentangling of what, in the cult of the General, has been swept up from the tides of History and what is the patient product of political craftsmanship. * Le Point *In this perceptive and richly-documented work, Hazareesingh analyzes the fascination of the French for the General, and shows how the gaullian myth is both malleable and multi-faceted. * Le Monde *In this inspiring and brilliant work, Sudhir Hazareesingh tracks the progressive emergence of Frances last great secular religion. He concludes that de Gaulle combined in his person the four great figures of political heroism: the Liberator, the prophet, the legislator, and the sage. * LExpress *Always contested as a statesman, Charles de Gaulle has now become the greatest political legend of contemporary France. Sudhir Hazareesingh demonstrates how the General has become the incarnation of France. * Ouest-France *Sudhir Hazareesingh has been working on the political uses of memory for several years. His specialization in napoleonic history makes him the ideal person to tackle the gaullian legend, and he delivers brilliantly in this book. * Nonfiction *This study of the representations of General de Gaulle is constructed by combining a chronological approach with a thematic structure. The very rich content of the book highlights the complexity of the gaullian figure. * Etudes *Sudhir Hazareesingh brings his great expertise of the mythical foundations of modern France to bear on this magnificent study of the Gaullian myth. Powerful catalyst of a movement of national reconciliation, de Gaulles legend furnished France in the second half of the twentieth century with the ideals it needed to confront modernity. * La Recherche *This historical essay, drawing on a rich harvest of public archives and private correspondance, enables us to understand how de Gaulle has become a national political myth, in the same iconic league as Joan of Arc, Louis XIV, and Napoleon. * LAgitateur dIdées *This book should be read above all because of the original light it sheds on the subject. It is undoubtedly as an admirer that Sudhir Hazareesingh paints the portrait of the last great Frenchman but an admirer who knows how to handle irony, and who sticks as closely as possible to the historical facts. * Mediapart *An incisive analysis. * Libération *Hazareesingh has given us an indispensable book about an essential dimension of contemporary French political culture. * Andrew Knapp, H-France Review *Table of ContentsPrelude: April 20th 2009, In the Courtyard of the Invalides ; 1. De Gaulle, a French Passion ; 2. Hail to the Liberator ; 3. Sentiment and Reason ; 4. The Spirit of the 18th of June ; 5. Father of the Nation ; 6. Pilgrimages to Colombey ; Conclusion: The Last Great Frenchman ; Sources and Bibliography

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Book SynopsisRevolutionary Russia: A History in Documents provides a visually stimulating survey of revolutionary Russia, from the collapse of the autocracy in 1917 to the consolidation of the Stalinist system in the 1930s. Authors Robert Weinberg and Laurie Bernstein have collected far-flung documents--many available in English for the first time--and woven them into a narrative that focuses on the effort to build communism in Russia and its effects on the lives of ordinary people. Providing introductions to each chapter and document along with sidebars and detailed photo captions, the main text tantalizes readers with the great vision, conflict, hopes, and horrors of this much-mythologized part of modern history, while the back matter offers resources for further exploration. Utilizing a mix of textual and visual documents-including photographs, posters, and objects-to create a textured history of revolutionary Russia, the book covers such diverse topics as the prelude to revolution, the BolsheviTable of ContentsWhat is a Document? ; How to Read a Document ; Introduction ; 1. PRELUDE TO REVOLUTION ; A Land of Contrasts ; Revolutionary Politics ; The Revolution of 1905 ; The Eve of War and Revolution ; 2. 1917: THE YEAR OF REVOLUTION ; Society Becomes Radical ; The Bolshevik Rise to Power ; Views of the Revolution ; 3. THE CONSOLIDATION OF BOLSHEVIK RULE, 1918-1921 ; The Fate of the Royal Family ; Opposition and Criticism ; The Embrace of Dictatorship ; Peasant Resistance and the Crisis of Kronstadt ; 4. THE ROAD TO SOCIALISM ; The Transformation of Culture and Society ; Celebrating Revolution ; The Debate about NEP ; 5. STALIN'S REVOLUTION FROM ABOVE, 1928-1932 ; Beating Russia into the Twentieth Century ; The War against the Peasantry and Church ; The World of Five-Year Plans ; 6. PICTURE ESSAY: WOMEN'S LIBERATION IN THE SOVIET UNION ; 7. SOVIET SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN THE 1930s ; The Cult of Stalin ; The Revolution of Stalin ; 8. THE GREAT TERROR ; The Gulag ; Three Views of the Purges ; The Trial of Bukharin ; The Purges in Literature ; Epilogue ; Assessments of Stalin's Work ; Reflection on the Soviet Experience ; Timeline ; Further Reading ; Websites ; Text Credits ; Picture Credits ; Index ; Index

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Book SynopsisDuring the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, while key decisions were debated by the victorious Allied powers, a multitude of smaller nations and colonies held their breath, waiting to see how their fates would be decided. President Woodrow Wilson, in his Fourteen Points, had called for a free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, giving equal weight would be given to the opinions of the colonized peoples and the colonial powers. Among those nations now paying close attention to Wilson''s words and actions were the budding nationalist leaders of four disparate non-Western societies - Egypt, India, China, and Korea. That spring, Wilson''s words would help ignite political upheavals in all four of these countries. This book is the first to place the 1919 Revolution in Egypt, the Rowlatt Satyagraha in India, the May Fourth movement in China, and the March First uprising in Korea in the context of a broader Wilsonian moment that challenged the existing iTrade ReviewManela has produced an immensely rich and important work of comparative politics. * Pankaj Mishra, London Review of Books *This book will undoubtedly be definitive.... Manela conclusively shows that Wilson, who had little interest in liberating colonial peoples, inadvertently planted among colonial peoples the seeds of national self-determination and disillusionment with a West that saw this concept applying to white peoples only. Essential. * J.D.Doenecke, CHOICE *Table of ContentsPART ONE: THE EMERGENCE OF THE WILSONIAN MOMENT ; PART TWO: EXPECTATIONS AND MOBILIZATION ; PART THREE: DISILLUSTION AND REVOLT

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Book SynopsisA revised second edition of "The Cyprus Question", containing an historical narrative and an examination of the developments in Cyprus since 1963. Subjects discussed include the intercommunal hostilities of 1963-64, the "coup d'etat" of 1974, and the role of the UN.Table of ContentsThe birth of the Cyprus Republic; the uneasy years 1963-1974; intercommunal negotiations 1968-1974; Turkish intervention and its aftermath; the Treaty of Guarantee; human rights in Cyprus; the intercommunal negotiations; an evaluation of the intercommunal talks; towards declaration of statehood; self-determination; statehood and after; the "proximity" talks; the constitution of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus; statehood and recognition; developments after the Summit of 1985; resumption of the intercommunal negotiating process.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a succinct yet up-to-date and challenging approach to the French Revolution of 1789-1799 and its consequences. Peter McPhee provides an accessible and reliable overview and one which deliberately introduces students to central debates among historians.The book has two main aims. One aim is to consider the origins and nature of the Revolution of 1789-99. Why was there a Revolution in France in 1789? Why did the Revolution follow its particular course after 1789? When was it ''over''? A second aim is to examine the significance of the Revolutionary period in accelerating the decay of Ancien Regime society. How ''revolutionary'' was the Revolution? Was France fundamentally changed as a result of it?Of particular interest to students will be the emphasis placed by the author on the repercussions of the Revolution on the practives of daily life: the lived experience of the Revolution. The author''s recent work on the environmental impact of the Revolution is also incorporated to provide a lively, modern, and rounded picture of France during this critical phase in the development of modern Europe.Trade ReviewOverall, I think [this book] is one of the best short histories of the Revolution to appear in many years. He is particularly successful in integrating specific case examples and quotations from the period into his general narrative and historiographic analysis and in thus conveying the drama and passion of the Revolution, so often passed over in texts of this kind. It also provides an excellent corrective to many recent "revisionist" texts, reasserting the importance of social dynamics before and during the Revolution and eshewing simplistic explanations of the Terror based solely on ideology or internal politics. Finally, I am impressed by his effective integration of a great deal of new scholarship published during the last decade, notably in his treatment of rural history and the experience of women during the Revolution. In sum, I would strongly recommend the book, and I look forward to trying it out in my own courses. * Timothy Tackett, University of California *Peter McPhee's history of the French Revolution is a real tour de force. More successfully than any other general history of the period, it combines an admirably clear narrative of this complex decade with an intelligent survey and analysis of other historians' perspectives. Beside them, McPhee sets out his own understandings of the Revolution sensibly and undogmatically so that readers can judge their merits. Beyond these strengths, the book is enriched by illuminating discussions of the effects of the Revolution on everyday lives of women and men and by a refreshing attention to rural France - the home of the great majority of French people at the time. Written in a lively and engaging way, this book cannot but draw readers more deeply into one of the most fascinating periods in world history. * Roderick Phillips, Carleton University *With an easy style and a clear purpose, Professor Peter McPhee pilots students past key questions of the origin and course, meaning and significance of the French Revolution. Touching most debates in the historiography, McPhee's history still offers a sound narrative of revolutionary events, egos and enactments, always in chapters of manageable length, always with an eye to evidence that's first-hand, fascinating and fresh. Scores of students and teachers will owe him a debt of thanks. * Adrian Jones, La Trobe University *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. France in the 1780s ; 2. The Crisis of the Old Regime ; 3. The Revolution of 1789 ; 4. The Reconstruction of France, 1789-91 ; 5. A Second Revolution, 1792 ; 6. The Revolution in the Balance, 1793 ; 7. The Terror: revolutionary Defence or Paranoia? ; 8. Ending the Revolution, 1795-9 ; 9. The Significance of the Revolution ; Maps ; Appendix 1: Chronology ; Appendix 2: The Revolutionary Calendar ; A Guide to Further Reading

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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"

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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"

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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

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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

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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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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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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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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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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Book SynopsisThe most important contribution to our understanding of the French Revolution was written almost one hundred years ago by Alexis de Tocqueville.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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