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Wellred Books The Class Struggles in France: 1848-1850
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Collective Ink Georgian Portraits – Essays on the Afterlives of
Book SynopsisGeorgian Portraits chronicles everyday life in the Republic of Georgia in the decade that followed the Rose Revolution of 2003. Recent anthropological developments argue for the use of "afterlives" as an analytical notion through which to understand processes of socio-political change. Based on a series of portraits, Martin Demant Frederiksen and Katrine Bendtsen Gotfredsen employ the theory of social afterlives to examine the role of revolution in the formation of a modern Georgia. The book contributes to a deeper understanding of life in the aftermath of political reform, depicting the hopefulness of the Georgian population, but also the subsequent return to political disillusionment which lead them to a revolution in the first place.
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Phoenix Press Fate of the Russian Revolution v 1 Lost Texts of
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Private Revolutions
Book SynopsisA Financial Times and Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year'As powerfully intimate as it is politically incendiary' VOGUE'Private Revolutions could be a Netflix series, for family, violence and romance abound' IRISH TIMES 'A portrait of China through four women who refused to accept the life laid out for them. Incredible' SUNDAY TIMES 'A revelatory, moving and tender tale of hopes, fears and change' PETER FRANKOPANThis is a book about the coming of age of four women born in China in the 1980s and 1990s, in a society about to change beyond recognition.It is about Leiya, who wants to escape the fate of the women in her village. Still underage, she bluffs her way on to the factory floor. It is about June, who at fifteen sets what her family thinks is an impossible goal: to attend university rather than raise pigs. It is about Siyue, r
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Gerlach Press The Arab Spring: Ten Years On
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Monthly Review Press,U.S. Revolution and Evolution in the Twentieth Century
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Faber & Faber Three Revolutions
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Westholme Publishing, U.S. Maria Romanov: Daughter of the Last Tsar, Diaries
Book SynopsisThis is the third volume in our�series of original English translations�of the Romanov family's�private letters and diaries. As with the other volumes, this�is the first English translation of�her diaries and letters. All of the�materials are held in Russian�archives. The author fortunately�has been given access to the original�documents. Maria Romanov was canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church for her service as a nurse�tending wounded soldiers during World War I. Her diary reveals she felt she was the �black sheep� of the family despite being knows as the�most beautiful of the four sisters. (Lord Mountbatten kept her photo with him his entire life�as a remembrance of his youthful crush on her.) Her letters and diaries include intimate details about Rasputin and the royal family as well as�the family's concern over the war with Germany and the subsequent rise of the Bolsheviks. She was eighteen-years-old when she was murdered by the Bolsheviks.
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HarperCollins Publishers Viking London
Book SynopsisLondon was reborn in the fires of the Viking Age, transformed by immigrants and natives, kings and commoners, warriors and saints.In this short history, bestselling historian Thomas Williams explores the profound impact of the Vikings on London. Under the hammer of their assaults the city emerged as a hub of trade, a financial centre, a political prize, and a cauldron of voices and perspectives a place that, a thousand years ago, already embodied much of what London is today.Trade Review Praise for Viking Britain ‘Fresh, vivid and impeccably researched … the most rip-roaring work of nonfiction I read this year’ Tom Holland, Observer, Books of the Year ‘Williams’ infectiously enthusiastic book gives you everything you could want from a history of the Vikings’ Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times, Books of the Year ‘A debut that pulses with the author’s passion for his subject and his mastery of written sources, archaeology and legend. Williams narrates a complex story in enjoyable, lusty prose’ Dan Jones, Sunday Times ‘Viking Britain [is] an engrossing account … Williams is scrupulous to avoid the easy pub-chat message. He writes fluently and with feeling’ Thomas W. Hodgkinson, Spectator 'Williams is a master at conveying the atmosphere of Viking Britain … We are guests at a sensory feast, at times immersed … and at others guided by the comforting hand of firm historical evaluation. Viking Britain is a giddy ride … a real treat’ Philip Parker, Literary Review ‘Williams evocative prose puts flesh on sturdy academic bones. ‘Viking Britain’ is a pleasure to read… a lively, colourful book that explores in high definition what being a Viking really meant. Williams … succeeds where many have failed: to make the truth about the Vikings as entertaining as the fiction’ Giles Kristian, The Times ‘An exemplary work of popular history, at once full of the most up-to-date archaeology and international scholarly thought, and full of the literary flourishes which bring the past most vividly to life for readers: dramatic reconstruction, physical scene-setting and authorial intervention. It is a great success’ Ronald Hutton
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Tulika A People′s History of India 31 – The National
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Oxford University Press Inc Russia in Flames
Book SynopsisOctober 1917, heralded as the culmination of the Russian Revolution, remains a defining moment in world history. Even a hundred years after the events that led to the emergence of the world''s first self-proclaimed socialist state, debate continues over whether, as historian E. H. Carr put it decades ago, these earth-shaking days were a landmark in the emancipation of mankind from past oppression or a crime and a disaster. Some things are clear. After the implosion of the three-hundred-year-old Romanov dynasty as a result of the First World War, Russia was in crisis--one interim government replaced another in the vacuum left by imperial collapse. In this monumental and sweeping new account, Laura Engelstein delves into the seven years of chaos surrounding 1917--the war, the revolutionary upheaval, and the civil strife it provoked. These were years of breakdown and brutal violence on all sides, punctuated by the decisive turning points of February and October. As Engelstein proves definitively, the struggle for power engaged not only civil society and party leaders, but the broad masses of the population and every corner of the far-reaching empire, well beyond Moscow and Petrograd. Yet in addition to the bloodshed they unleashed, the revolution and civil war revealed democratic yearnings, even if ideas of what constituted democracy differed dramatically. Into that vacuum left by the Romanov collapse rushed long-suppressed hopes and dreams about social justice and equality. But any possible experiment in self-rule was cut short by the October Revolution. Under the banner of true democracy, and against all odds, the Bolshevik triumph resulted in the ruthless repression of all opposition. The Bolsheviks managed to harness the social breakdown caused by the war and institutionalize violence as a method of state-building, creating a new society and a new form of power.Russia in Flames offers a compelling narrative of heroic effort and brutal disappointment, revealing that what happened during these seven years was both a landmark in the emancipation of Russia from past oppression and a world-shattering disaster. As regimes fall and rise, as civil wars erupt, as state violence targets civilian populations, it is a story that remains profoundly and enduringly relevant.Trade ReviewThe excellent Russia in Flames...covers not just the two revolutions and their prelude, but also the civil war that ensued... * Wall Street Journal *This is the first history of the Russian Revolution that takes seriously the fact that Russians were a minority in the multi-ethnic and multi-confessional Russian empire. With verve and ambition, Engelstein chronicles the history of war and revolution as they swept across this vast empire. In this centenary year there will be many books on 1917, but none will be as original in conception and as bold in argument as this. This is history written on an epic scale by a historian at the height of her powers. * S. A. Smith, All Souls College, Oxford, author of Russia in Revolution *A simultaneously sweeping and focused history of the Bolshevik Revolution . . . A comprehensive, ideologically detached, and enormously enlightening work of Russian history. * Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW *[Engelstein] succeeds in presenting a thorough history of these wars and revolutions in an understandable and engaging manner. In this full, richly detailed study, the author effectively argues the Bolsheviks were ultimately triumphant because they focused on power and were more willing to employ violence against their adversaries, and one another, with horrific results. * Library Journal *Engelstein delivers a clear-eyed . . . account of the difficulties confronting the population, now citizens of a country where "the dream of democracy had been abandoned," and everyone was subject to the "arbitrary swing of the sword." * Publishers Weekly *Destined to become the standard English language history of this period. * Mark Edele, Australian Book Review *Laura Engelstein's magnificent volume provides a fresh and comprehensive...vision of the Russian Revolution. Positives abound...most important is her powerful and metaphorical language. * Slavic Review *The past year has seen a considerable wave of books on revolutionary Russia, few as good as Russia in Flames, which is likely to become a standard work on the subject. * Los Angeles Review of Books *It is meticulously researched and brilliantly written. * Washington Book Reveiw *Magisterial . . . . Engelstein's monumental achievement is to have wrestled the sprawling ideological, ethnic and social conflicts, the shifting fronts, the coalescing and disintegrating armies and political fiefdoms, and the foreign entanglements into a compelling account of the disintegration of the old empire and the birth of the new. * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsList of Maps Author's Note Introduction Part I: Last Years of the Old Empire, 1904-1914 Part II: The Great War: Imperial Self-Destruction 1: The Great War Begins 2: Germans, Jews, Armenians 3: Tearing Themselves Apart 4: Conflict and Collapse Part III: 1917: Contest for Control 1: Five Days that Shook the World 2: The War Continues 3: From Putsch to Coup 4: Bolshevik October 5: Death of the Constituent Assembly 6: Politics from Below Part IV: Sovereign Claims 1: The Peace that Wasn't 2: Treason and Terror 3: Finland's Civil War 4: Baltic Entanglements 5: Ukrainian Drama, Act I 6: Colonial Repercussions Part V: War Within 1: The Unquiet Don 2: Foreign Bodies 3: Trotsky Arms, Siberia Mobilizes 4: Kolchak-the Wild East 5: Ukraine, Act II 6: War Against the Cossacks 7: Miracle on the Vistula 8: War Against the Jews 9: The Last Page 10: War Against the Peasants Part VI: Victory and Retreat 1: The Proletariat in the Proletarian Dictatorship 2: The Revolution Turns Against Itself Conclusion: Revolution Against Itself Acknowledgements Bibliography
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The Mercier Press Ltd The Big Fellow:: Michael Collins and the Irish
Book SynopsisRe-issued with an introduction by Neil Jordan, 'The Big Fellow' is the 1937 biography of the famed Irish leader Michael Collins by acclaimed author Frank O'Connor. It is an uncompromising but humane study of Collins, whose stature and genius O’Connor recognised. A masterly, evocative portrait of one of Ireland’s most charismatic figures, 'The Big Fellow' covers the period of Collins' life from the Easter Rising in 1916 to his death in 1922 during the Irish Civil War. The author, having served with the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War, wrote 'The Big Fellow' as a form of reparation over the guilt he felt with regards to taking up arms against his fellow Irishmen and Collins' untimely death. Liam Neeson has said that he found the book of great assistance when preparing for the role of Collins in the 1996 film directed by Neil Jordan.
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Profile Books Ltd The Russian Revolution: A New History
Book SynopsisAt the turn of the century, the Russian economy was growing by about 10% annually and its population had reached 150 million. By 1920 the country was in desperate financial straits and more than 20 million Russians had died. And by 1950, a third of the globe had embraced communism. The triumph of Communism sets a profound puzzle. How did the Bolsheviks win power and then cling to it amid the chaos they had created? Traditional histories remain a captive to Marxist ideas about class struggle. Analysing never before used files from the Tsarist military archives, McMeekin argues that war is the answer. The revolutionaries were aided at nearly every step by Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland who sought to benefit - politically and economically - from the changes overtaking the country. To make sense of Russia's careening path the essential question is not Lenin's "who, whom?", but who benefits?Trade ReviewPraise for July 1914: 'Sean McMeekin's chronicle of these weeks in July 1914: Countdown to War is almost impossible to put down ... [McMeekin] delivers a punchy and riveting narrative of high politics and diplomacy over the five weeks after Sarajevo, more or less day by day, dwelling on small groups of decision-makers in and between the various capitals, and their interactions, by turns measured, perplexed, cordial, artful, angry, even tearful * New York Review of Books *
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Cork University Press Irish Revolution
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MIT Press Ltd In Visible Presence
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Understanding and Teaching the Age of Revolutions
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Liberty Fund Inc The History of the American Revolution
Book SynopsisDavid Ramsay''s History of the American Revolution appeared in 1789 during an enthusiastic celebration of nationhood. It is the first American national history written by an American revolutionary. The first new, modern edition of the work.
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Liberty Fund Inc Lamp of Experience Whig History the Intellectual
Book SynopsisIn a landmark work, a leading scholar of the eighteenth century uses diaries, personal correspondence, newspapers, and legislative records to examine the ways in which an understanding of the nature of history influenced the thinking of the Founding Fathers.
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Liberty Fund Inc The Lamp of Experience Whig History and the
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Liberty Fund Inc Essay on the Life of the Honourable MajorGeneral
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Liberty Fund Inc Essay on the Life of the Honourable MajorGeneral
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Liberty Fund Inc Lectures on the French Revolution
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Liberty Fund Inc Lectures on the French Revolution
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Liberty Fund Inc The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams
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Liberty Fund Inc Growth of the American Revolution 17661775
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Liberty Fund Inc Growth of the American Revolution 17661775
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Liberty Fund Inc Origin of the American Revolution Growth of the
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Liberty Fund Inc Origin of the American Revolution Growth of the
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc NineteenthCentury Nation Building and the Latin
Book Synopsis This volume provides readings from the works of eighteen Latin American thinkers of the nineteenth century who were engaged in articulating and examining the problems that Spanish and Portuguese America faced in the one hundred years after securing independence. The selections represent all major regions of Latin America. Although these regions differ significantly with regard to indigenous background, geography, climate, and available resources, their people confronted the common problems that surround the intractable challenges of statecraft and nation building: issues of race, international relations, economics, education, and self-understanding. Burke and Humphrey provide fresh, accessible translations of key works, a majority of which appear for the first time in English; a General Introduction that sets the works in historical and intellectual context; detailed headnotes for each selection; a Guide to Themes; and bibliographic references. Trade ReviewA very good selection of primary sources, essential for undergraduates to understand nineteenth-century Latin America.--Erick D. Langer, Department of History/School of Foreign Service, Georgetown UniversityThis will be a splendid and useful book for teachers of courses focusing on the nineteenth century who have been frustrated at the lack of accessible sources in English. . . . the selection of texts is as near to impeccable as possible in trying to capture Latin American thinking between Bolívar in 1819 and Arguedas in 1909. . . . this is a worthy collection of primary sources, and it will certainly be of use in bringing neglected texts and authors to the audience of students who have no Spanish.--Matthew Brown, University of BristolTable of ContentsSimón Bolívar (Venezuela/Colombia): "Address to the Angostura Congress, February 15, 1819, the Day of Its Installation" / "Address to the Constituent Congress of Bolivia" (1826) (selection); José María Luis Mora (Mexico): "On the Expulsion of the Natives and Citizens of This Republic Born in Spain" (1827) / "On Ecclesiastical Wealth" (1831) (selections); Andrés Bello (Venezuela/Chile): "Speech Delivered at the Installation of the University of Chile, September 17, 1843" / "Response to Lastarria on the Influence of the Conquest" (1844); José Victorino Lastarria (Chile): Investigations Regarding the Social Influence of the Conquest and the Spanish Colonial System in Chile (1844) (selections) / America (1865) (selections); Francisco Bilbao (Chile): "Chilean Sociability" (1844) (selections); Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (Argentina): Facundo, or Civilization and Barbarism (1845) (selections); Esteban Echeverría (Argentina): The Socialist Doctrine of the Association of May (1846) (selections); Lucas Alamán (Mexico): The History of Mexico (18491852) (selection); Juan Bautista Alberdi (Argentina): Foundations and Points of Departure for the Political Organization of the Republic of Argentina (1853) (selections); Eugenio María de Hostos (Puerto Rico): "The Scientific Education of Women" (1873) (selection) / "The Purpose of the Normal School" (1884); Juan Montalvo (Ecuador): Seven Treatises: Third Treatise: "Reply to a Pseudo-Catholic Sophist" (1882) (selection); José Martí (Cuba): "Our America" (1891); Soledad Acosta de Samper (Colombia): "The Mission of the Woman Writer in Spanish America" (1895); Justo Sierra (Mexico): "The Present Era," from The Political Evolution of the Mexican People (1900-1902) (selections); Euclides da Cunha (Brazil): Rebellion in the Backlands (1902) (selections); Clorinda Matto de Turner (Peru): "The Woman Worker and the Woman" (1904); Francisco Alonso de Bulnes (Mexico): The Future of the Latin American Nations (1906) (selections); Alcides Arguedas (Bolivia): The Sick People (1909) (selections).
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc NineteenthCentury Nation Building and the Latin
Book SynopsisProvides readings from the works of eighteen Latin American thinkers of the nineteenth century, each of whom were engaged in examining the problems that Spanish and Portuguese America faced in the one hundred years after securing independence in 1810. This book includes biographical headnotes for each contributor, a glossary, and a bibliography.Trade ReviewA very good selection of primary sources, essential for undergraduates to understand nineteenth-century Latin America.--Erick D. Langer, Department of History/School of Foreign Service, Georgetown UniversityThis will be a splendid and useful book for teachers of courses focusing on the nineteenth century who have been frustrated at the lack of accessible sources in English. . . . the selection of texts is as near to impeccable as possible in trying to capture Latin American thinking between Bolívar in 1819 and Arguedas in 1909. . . . this is a worthy collection of primary sources, and it will certainly be of use in bringing neglected texts and authors to the audience of students who have no Spanish.--Matthew Brown, University of BristolTable of ContentsSimón Bolívar (Venezuela/Colombia): "Address to the Angostura Congress, February 15, 1819, the Day of Its Installation" / "Address to the Constituent Congress of Bolivia" (1826) (selection); José María Luis Mora (Mexico): "On the Expulsion of the Natives and Citizens of This Republic Born in Spain" (1827) / "On Ecclesiastical Wealth" (1831) (selections); Andrés Bello (Venezuela/Chile): "Speech Delivered at the Installation of the University of Chile, September 17, 1843" / "Response to Lastarria on the Influence of the Conquest" (1844); José Victorino Lastarria (Chile): Investigations Regarding the Social Influence of the Conquest and the Spanish Colonial System in Chile (1844) (selections) / America (1865) (selections); Francisco Bilbao (Chile): "Chilean Sociability" (1844) (selections); Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (Argentina): Facundo, or Civilization and Barbarism (1845) (selections); Esteban Echeverría (Argentina): The Socialist Doctrine of the Association of May (1846) (selections); Lucas Alamán (Mexico): The History of Mexico (18491852) (selection); Juan Bautista Alberdi (Argentina): Foundations and Points of Departure for the Political Organization of the Republic of Argentina (1853) (selections); Eugenio María de Hostos (Puerto Rico): "The Scientific Education of Women" (1873) (selection) / "The Purpose of the Normal School" (1884); Juan Montalvo (Ecuador): Seven Treatises: Third Treatise: "Reply to a Pseudo-Catholic Sophist" (1882) (selection); José Martí (Cuba): "Our America" (1891); Soledad Acosta de Samper (Colombia): "The Mission of the Woman Writer in Spanish America" (1895); Justo Sierra (Mexico): "The Present Era," from The Political Evolution of the Mexican People (1900-1902) (selections); Euclides da Cunha (Brazil): Rebellion in the Backlands (1902) (selections); Clorinda Matto de Turner (Peru): "The Woman Worker and the Woman" (1904); Francisco Alonso de Bulnes (Mexico): The Future of the Latin American Nations (1906) (selections); Alcides Arguedas (Bolivia): The Sick People (1909) (selections).
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Cambridge University Press When Adjusted People Rebel Volume 29 Economic
Book SynopsisIn the Middle East and Africa, deteriorating living conditions have given rise to a variety of social movements and unrest since the 1970s. Although each of these events and movements had its own logic, they all took place in the context of the implementation of neoliberal economic policies, generally referred to as structural adjustment reforms. Structural adjustments have been the subject of extensive literature, but most existing studies have focused on the logic of international financial institutions, national governments, and private enterprises. By focusing on the revolts against, and more generally on the multiple social responses to structural adjustments policies, this volume suggests that the perspective should be reversed. It investigates the ways in which the upheavals brought about by this new liberalization were actually experienced by the people of Africa and the Middle East in their daily and material lives and their shared concepts of fairness and unfairness.Table of Contents1. Introduction: interpreting the global economy through local anger Leyla Dakhli and Vincent Bonnecase; 2. Remembering the 1977 bread riots in Suez: fragments and ghosts of resistance Nayera Abdelrahman Soliman; 3. The fair value of bread: Tunisia, 28 December 1983–6 January 1984 Leyla Dakhli; 4. 'We cannot please everyone': contentions over adjustment in EPRDF Ethiopia (1991–2018) Mehdi Labzaé and Sabine Planel; 5. Peasant resistance in Burkina Faso's cotton sector Bettina Engels; 6. Privatizing the commons: protest and the moral economy of national resources in Jordan Matthew Lacouture; 7. 'Fraudonomics': cartooning against structural adjustment in Togo Robin Frisch; 8. International Monetary Fund riots or Nasserian revolt? Thinking fluid memories: Egypt 1977 Mélanie Henry; 9. Democracy and adjustment in Niger: a conflict of rationales Vincent Bonnecase; 10. A well-adjusted debt: how the international anti-debt movement failed to delink debt relief and structural adjustment Hélène Baillot.
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Cambridge University Press The Ideology of Creole Revolution
Book SynopsisThe American and Latin American independence movements emerged from distinctive settings and produced divergent results, but they were animated by similar ideas. Patriotic political theorists throughout the Americas offered analogous critiques of imperial rule, designed comparable constitutions, and expressed common ambitions for their new nations'' future relations with one another and the rest of the world. This book adopts a hemispheric perspective on the revolutions that liberated the United States and Spanish America, offering a new interpretation of their most important political ideas. Simon argues that the many points of agreement among various revolutionary political theorists across the Americas can be attributed to the problems they encountered in common as Creoles - that is, as the descendants of European settlers born in the Americas. He illustrates this by comparing the political thought of three Creole revolutionaries: Alexander Hamilton of the United States, Simón BolívTrade Review'This remarkable work breaks the artificial barriers dividing North and South American constitutional thought, and confronts the two centuries of dynamic conversation that crosses these frontiers to build a distinctive vision of legitimate government for the Americas. An outstanding achievement.' Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University'For centuries, sustained by a carefully nurtured belief in the exceptional nature of the founding of the United States, the independence movements in both North and South America have been treated as if they were entirely unrelated, culturally and politically. Joshua Simon has changed all that. He has shown how crucial for the intellectual architects of the revolutions both North and South was the recognition that these were uprisings by descendants of European settlers, appropriating a new world for themselves. This has immense implications not only for our understanding of the revolutions themselves, but also of the subsequent histories of the republics which emerged from them, and why they subsequently followed such seemingly divergent paths. Compelling, passionate, learned and wide-ranging, The Ideology of Creole Revolution is written with elegance and verve.' Anthony Pagden, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and History, University of California, Los Angeles'Joshua Simon's new book reconceives the US revolutionary experience as one of a series of 'creole' political projects that marked the Americas, more akin institutionally and ideologically to later developments in Venezuela and Mexico than to the traditional European cases. In doing so, Simon beautifully recasts seemingly exceptional characteristics of the US story as part of a broader colonial imagination and shared political fate. The result is a compelling work of historical reconstruction, a powerful reinterpretation of political ideas and figures, and a remarkably useful guide to exploring questions of power and wealth in the present-day Americas. An essential contribution, this is comparative political theory and global history of the very highest order.' Aziz Rana, Cornell University'With sophisticated textual analysis, historical sensitivity, and stylistic flair, Joshua Simon provides a useful contribution to the growing field of Comparative Political Theory. At last we see clearly the linkages that make the Americas a unified region in terms of political ideas, and which undermine the notion of American exceptionalism. The work is a welcome addition to the historical literature that shows how present US developments are closely connected to the core logic of power made visible through a Latin American lens.' Diego A. von Vacano, Texas A & M UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction: the ideas of American independence in comparative perspective; 2. The ideology of Creole revolution; 3. Alexander Hamilton in hemispheric perspective; 4. Simón Bolívar and the contradictions of Creole revolution; 5. The Creole conservatism of Lucas Alamán; 6. The end of Creole revolution; 7. Conclusion: from the Creole revolutions to our Americas.
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Cambridge University Press The Genesis of Rebellion
Book SynopsisThe Age of Sail has long fascinated readers, writers, and the general public. Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, Jack London et al. treated ships at sea as microcosms; Petri dishes in which larger themes of authority, conflict and order emerge. In this fascinating book, Pfaff and Hechter explore mutiny as a manifestation of collective action and contentious politics. The authors use narrative evidence and statistical analysis to trace the processes by which governance failed, social order decayed, and seamen mobilized. Their findings highlight the complexities ofgovernance, showing that it was not mere deprivation, but how seamen interpreted that deprivation, which stoked the grievances that motivated rebellion. Using the Age of Sail as a lens to examine topics still relevant today - what motivates people to rebel against deprivation and poor governance - The Genesis of Rebellion: Governance, Grievance, and Mutiny in the Age of Sail helps us understand the emergence of populism and rejection of the establishment.Trade Review'This brilliant book captures all the high drama of the Age of Sail, while providing invaluable lessons on the maintenance and failure of social order. Pfaff and Hechter's powerful analysis of how mutinies arose in the tight societies aboard British navy ships is a great read, and essential for everyone aiming to understand the nature of legitimacy, good governance, and rebellions against unjust authority.' Jack A Goldstone, George Mason University, Virginia'Pfaff and Hechter offer us a good read, a great puzzle, and a compelling analysis. Their book unfolds its treasures with every page. It provides entertaining - and sometimes horrifying - tales of mutiny and rebellion in the British Age of Sail … The authors combine a wealth of material with theory and insight to make real advances in understanding the conditions that produce large-scale collective actions.' Margaret Levi, Stanford University, California'This book is the best and most systematic treatment of Royal Navy mutiny in the Age of Sail, and is brimming with insights about rebellion on a broader scale … a landmark in the study of mutiny.' Peter T. Leeson, George Mason University, Virginia'The subject of mutiny in the eighteenth-century British Navy has long fascinated historians of different traditions, and has provoked some lively controversy between them. What it has not provoked - until now - is the massive research effort necessary to open naval archives to serious statistical analysis. As a result it has been difficult to evaluate different claims and approaches. At long last Steven Pfaff and Michael Hechter have surmounted the challenge, and in this book they present evidence of the utmost value for historians, not only of navies but of law and order in society at large. Though it deals with the eighteenth-century, it has implications for the modern world as well.' Nicholas Rodger, All Souls College, Oxford'It's hard to know where to begin in praise of The Genesis of Rebellion. For starters, this book represents comparative historical sociology at its very best. But the great value of this project lies in Pfaff and Hechter's deep command of the literatures on the study of rebellion, the convincing and original account of mutiny they adduce from their data, and their methodological commitment to studying not just ships that experienced mutinies, but those that did not. Pfaff and Hechter have given us one of very best comparative studies of rebellion conducted to date.' Doug McAdam, Stanford University, California'Using mutinies as both an empirical case and a metaphor for rebellion, The Genesis of Rebellion is a theoretically crisp and empirically insightful account that links subjectively felt and collectively shared grievances with failures of governance to explain rebellious collective action. A fascinating read and an important contribution.' Stathis N. Kalyvas, All Souls College, Oxford'Engagingly written, methodologically innovative, and based on previously unstudied data, The Genesis of Rebellion is a major contribution to the study of collective action. Pfaff and Hechter show that quality of governance is central to the patterns of naval mutinies, whereas private incentives and material grievances are secondary, which sheds important light on rebellions in general.' Craig Calhoun, Arizona State University'The book is a masterful analysis of mutiny in the British Royal Navy, relying on decades of ships' logs and navy records to identify two factors - grievances and governance - that explain why some ships experienced mutiny and others did not. Pfaff and Hechter provide theoretical insights with contemporary relevance for understanding rebellion and other collective threats to social order.' Christine Horne, Washington State UniversityTable of Contents1. The genesis of rebellion; 2. Governance and social order in the Age of Sail; 3. One and all: the anatomy of mutiny; 4. Why seamen rebelled: the causes of mutiny; 5. Insurgency and solidarity: the mass mutinies at Spithead and the Nore; 6. Discipline, punishment and the fear of insurrection; 7. The consequences of mutiny; 8. Conclusion and implications.
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Cambridge University Press The Nanyang Revolution
Book SynopsisIn this innovative reading, the development of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) is explored in the context of an emerging nationalism in Southeast Asia, the interplay of overseas Chinese networks and the Comintern. Based on extensive new archival material, Anna Belogurova shows how the MCP was shaped by the historical contingencies of anti-imperialism in Southeast Asia, long-term Chinese migration trends, networks, identity, and the organizational practices of the Comintern.This is the story of how a group of left-leaning Chinese migrant intellectuals engaged with global forces to create a relevant and lasting Malayan national identity, providing fresh international perspectives on the history of Malaysia, Chinese communism, the Cold War, and decolonization.Trade Review'Bringing to light previously untapped sources, The Nanyang Revolution breaks new ground in analyzing the history of the Malayan Communist Party and its vision of a Malayan nation. Belogurova's exploration of the internationalism-nationalism relationship and of Comintern attitudes towards overseas Chinese represents a major contribution to our understanding of communism as a global movement.' Barbara Watson Andaya, University of Hawai'i'This innovative and deeply researched study of the Malayan Communist Party offers a fresh and imaginative exploration of the interplay of nationalism and internationalism, indigenization and internationalization across a space that stretches from Southeast Asia to Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.' S. A. Smith, All Souls College, Oxford'This book tells a compelling story of diaspora politics of displacement, bringing into focus the significance of the maritime networks in the making of China's modern revolutions, nationalist as well as communist. It's an achievement that remaps the spatial dynamics of the transformation of modern China.' Wen-hsin Yeh, University of California, at Berkeley''Nanyang' was the savage front of the international revolutionary movement. Anna Eduardovna Belogurova provides a clear, overarching view of the relationship between ideas of the Chinese-oriented 'Minzu' and the reality of internationalism proposed by the Comintern.' Ishikawa Yoshihiro, Kyoto University'… this volume makes a valuable contribution to the fields of the modern histories of China and Southeast Asia, the history of world communism, of state building and modernization, and studies of anti-colonialism and nationalism. It will be a useful source for scholars and students of Chinese history, social and political history, the Chinese diaspora, and of studies of the Comintern, internationalism, migration, and the communist revolution in Southeast Asia.' Qian Zhu, China and AsiaTable of ContentsPart I. Revolution in the Nanyang: 1. Prologue: a Durian for Sun Yatsen; 2. The global world of Chinese networks in the 1920s: The Chinese Revolution and the liberation of the oppressed Minzu; 3. The Nanyang Revolution and the Malayan nation, 1929–1930: nations, migrants, words; Part II. The Comintern, the MCP, and Chinese Networks, 1930–1935: 4. The MCP as a hybrid communist party: structure, discourse, and activity, 1930–1934; 5. The Comintern, Malaya, and Chinese networks, 1930–1936; Part III. The GMD, the MCP, and the Nation: Minzu Cultivated, Minzu Lost: 6. Minzu cultivated, 1928–1940; 7. Language, power, and the MCP's lost nation, 1939–1940; 8. Epilogue.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions Volume 3 The Iberian Empires
Book SynopsisVolume III covers the Iberian Empires and stresses the ethnic dimension of the independent processes in Spanish America and Brazil. An important reference text for historians of the Atlantic World with a keen interest in the Iberian Empires.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Wim Klooster; Part I. The Spanish Empire: 1. The Spanish Empire: general overview Stefan Rinke; 2. The Spanish Empire on the Eve of American Independence Emily Berquist Soule; 3. The Cortes of Cádiz and the Spanish Liberal Revolution of 1810–1814: Atlantic and Spanish American dimensions Roberto Breña; 4. The Constitutional Triennium in Spain, 1820–1823 Juan Luis Simal; 5. Mexico: from Civil War to the War of Independence 1808–1825 Juan Ortiz Escamilla, 6. Central America Timothy Hawkins; 7. War and revolution in the Southern Cone, 1808–1824 Juan Luis Ossa Santa Cruz; 8. Caribbean South America: free people of color, Republican experiments, military strategies, and the Caribbean connection on the path to independence Ernesto Bassi; 9. The southernmost revolution: the Rio de la Plata in early nineteenth century Gabriel di Meglio; 10. Royalists, monarchy, and political transformation in the Spanish Atlantic world during the Age of Revolutions Marcela Echeverri; 11. Africans and their descendants in the Spanish Empire in the Age of Revolutions Jane Landers; 12. Concepts on the move: constitutionalism, citizenship, federalism, and early liberalism across Spain and Spanish America Javier Fernández Sebastián; 13. Patriarchy, misogyny, and politics in the Age of Revolutions Mónica Ricketts; 14. Impact of the French-Caribbean Revolutions in continental Iberian America, 1791–1833 Alejandro E. Gómez; 15. Deferred but not avoided: Great Britain and Latin American independence Karen Racine; Part II. Brazil, Portugal, and Africa: 16. Overview: the independence era in the Luso-Brazilian world Gabriel Paquette; 17. Portugal's social and political change from the Ancien Régime to liberalism Nuno Gonçalo Monteiro; 18. Conservative tracks towards independence: transfer of the court to Rio de Janeiro, the Porto Revolution, Brazilian autonomy Jurandir Malerba; 19. Building new Brazilian institutions Jeffrey D. Needell; 20. Slaves, Indians, and the 'classes of color': popular participation in Brazilian Independence Hendrik Kraay; 21. Brazil and the independence of Spanish America: parallel trajectories, linked processes (1807–1825) João Paulo Pimenta; 22. Waves of sedition across the Atlantic: liberal politics in Angola in the wake of Brazilian independence (ca. 1817–1825) Roquinaldo Ferreira.
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Cambridge University Press Empire on Edge
Book SynopsisHow does empire operate in frontiers and borderlands during times of conflict? Empire on Edge reveals how British officials attempted, during the second half of the nineteenth century, to understand and impose order on northern Belize, an area that was both a frontier of colonial power and the locus of a disputed border with Mexico. Their efforts were complicated by the local ramifications of Yucatán''s Caste War (18471901), a long-lasting, violent struggle between segments of the indigenous Maya in southeast Mexico and the Mexican state. The book also illuminates how people who were subject to these efforts, especially the Hispanic and various Maya groups, sought to thwart them by building alliances across seemingly firm lines of racial and ethnic division. Along the way, important questions are raised about the dissonance between colonial and imperial projects, the nature of frontiers and borderlands, and the local effects of disputes between bordering countries.Trade Review'Empire on Edge is a fresh look at nineteenth-century Belize, vividly portraying threats and opportunities connected with Yucatán's Caste War that sparked conflicts but also alliances across lines of empire, nation, race, and economic network. A welcome addition to scholarship on borderlands, migration, political belonging, and the contingency of imperial control.' Anne S. Macpherson, State University of New York'Surrounded by Central American neighbors almost constantly embroiled in civil wars, with borders disputed, Caste War rebels on its frontiers and thousands of Yucatecan Caste War refugees fundamentally altering its population structure, Belize faced serious challenges during the nineteenth century. In their attempts to ensure the territory's security against outside threats and inside dissent, the local colonial officials found little help in the imperial government in London, who were reluctant to send troops and spend significant amounts of money for the defense of a colonial backwater. Dutt's Empire on Edge skillfully highlights the intricacies of colonial rule on the edge of empire and enriches the historiography of a hitherto understudied country.' Wolfgang Gabbert, author of Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán'Empire on Edge is a remarkable book, well written and engaging, that might be of interest to specialists in this understudied country and to those interested in the history of colonial governance, borderland conflicts, refugees' culture, and diplomatic relations.' David Pretel, Hispanic American Historical Review'Empire on Edge is overall a necessary and insightful contribution to scholarship on British imperial interventions in Latin America, particularly in Belize, given its exceptional status as both a Caribbean and Central American nation.' Marisa Palacios Knox, Victorian StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Business as usual; 2. Ungoverned passions; 3. Costs of protection; 4. Uneasy alliances; 5. The enemy within; 6. Loyal subjects; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press East Africa after Liberation
Book SynopsisBetween 1986 and 1994, East Africa''s postcolonial, political settlement was profoundly challenged as four revolutionary ''liberation'' movements seized power in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda. After years of armed struggle against vicious dictatorships, these movements transformed from rebels to rulers, promising to deliver ''fundamental change''. This study exposes, examines and underlines the acute challenges each has faced in doing so. Drawing on over 130 interviews with the region''s post-liberation elite, undertaken over the course of a decade, Jonathan Fisher takes a fresh and empirically-grounded approach to explaining the fast-moving politics of the region over the last three decades, focusing on the role and influence of its guerrilla governments. East Africa after Liberation sheds critical light on the competing pressures post-liberation governments contend with as they balance reformist aspirations with accommodation of counter-vailing interests, historical trajectories and their own violent organisational cultures.Trade Review'Jonathan Fisher's superb study of post-liberation regimes in Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Rwanda has much to tell us, not only about the states concerned, but about the legacies of liberation war more widely.' Christopher Clapham, University of Cambridge'this book explains how a new set of revolutionary regimes are reshaping politics in east Africa. Fisher draws on a deep knowledge of the region to tell the fascinating stories of leaders, insurgencies and liberation regimes, and the fraught and often surprising relationships between them, to give us a profound insight into Africa's second-generation post-colonial politics.' Julia Gallagher, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London'A path-breaking piece on African liberation movements exposing the untold story of how these regimes have undermined democracy, promoted patronage politics, and entrenched themselves in power … I recommend this book to all readers of African politics.' Sabiti Makara, Makerere University, Uganda'An authoritative and revealing tour of how liberation struggles shaped the politics of contemporary East Africa. Offering a set of challenging propositions as well as an unrivalled feel for East African political behaviour, this book is required reading for anyone interested in learning how politics in this part of the world really works.' William Reno, Northwestern University'An excellent exploration of the four East African liberation armies that seized state power at the end of the Cold War and sought to remake regional political order in their own image. Fisher teaches us that those who led these movements were neither inflexible ideologues nor calculating political operatives. Rather, like most political actors, they were something in-between. This is a foundational text for understanding the regional politics of East Africa today.' Michael Woldemariam, Boston University'This book represents a model for qualitative social science research. The depth of Fisher's understanding of his cases as armed organisations, political movements, and statesmen as well as his appreciation for the humanity of those lionised as heroes of the liberation movement make this an engaging contribution to our understanding of African politics.' Hilary Matfess, The Journal of Development Studies'Focusing on the maturation of liberation movements that came to power between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda, and Rwanda, this engaging, highly detailed book provides a rare view into the development of regional politics.' M. M. Heaton, Choice'Fisher's excellent political history focuses on the countries in East Africa where the current regimes came to power through successful insurgencies decades ago. His book links the fates of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rwanda, and Uganda and describes the impact of the many links that leaders in the four countries forged before their rises to power.' Foreign Affairs'East Africa after Liberation is not simply a historical chronology of four liberation movements and their changing faces when they came to power. It is a convincing analysis of the regional security arena through a rare glimpse behind the curtain of elite mindsets and cross-state affinities … it is a must read for scholars and practitioners …' Tim Glawion, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Insurgency: 1. East Africa's post-liberation elite and the legacy of insurgency I: movement, state and society; 2. East Africa's post-liberation elite and the legacy of insurgency II: from rebellion to government; Part II. Liberation: 3. From rebels to diplomats: pragmatism, aspiration and mistrust, 1986–1995; 4. Reinventing liberation: revolution and regret in Congo and Sudan, 1995–2000; Part III. Crisis: 5. The disintegration of the Liberation Coalition,1998–2007; 6. From regional conflict to domestic crisis: regime consolidation and the fragmentation of the Old Guard, 2000–07; Conclusion.
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Manchester University Press Debates on the German Revolution of 1918-19
Book SynopsisIn November 1918 a revolution overthrew the old imperial system in Germany and inaugurated a republic. The revolution was formally completed in August 1919 when the social democrat Friedrich Ebert was sworn in as president. By this time, however, many of the revolution’s original aims and intentions had been swallowed up by new political concerns and lived experiences. For contemporaries the meaning of ‘9 November’ changed, becoming increasingly contested between rival parties, military experts and scholars. This book examines how the debate on the revolution has evolved from August 1919 to the present day. It takes the reader through the ideological battles of the 1920s and 30s into the equally politicised historical writing of the cold war period. It ends with a consideration of the marginalisation of the revolution in academic research since the 1980s, and its revival from 2010.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The thirty years war: the Revolution as contemporary history, 1919-48 1 The German Revolution in the Weimar Republic 2 Alternatives to fascism: The 1918-19 Revolution and efforts to construct a unified left, 1933-48 Part II: Divided Europe and the politics of history: ‘1918’ in the two Germanys 3 Revolution betrayed or democracy saved? West German debates, 1949-79 4 Who were the Spartacists? East Germany’s ‘1918’ 5 1989 and all that: The German Revolution of 1918-19 and the passing of the GDR Part III: Forgotten or rediscovered? Debates on the German Revolution since the 1990s 6 The experience of revolution: Soldiers, sailors, civilians, young people 7 Urban space and the political imaginary of the Revolution 8 The German Revolution in European and global context: International and transnational perspectivesConclusionIndex
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Nova Science Publishers Inc The American Revolution: Volume I
Book SynopsisThis 2 part history of the American Revolution was written right after the Civil War. The authors insight into not only what was happening in the United States but also to all that was occurring in Great Britain makes this book as relevant today as when it was first written.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc The American Revolution: Volume II
Book SynopsisThis 2 part history of the American Revolution was written right after the Civil War. The authors insight into not only what was happening in the United States but also to all that was occurring in Great Britain makes this book as relevant today as when it was first written.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc The French Revolution of 1789 as Viewed in the
Book SynopsisFor some years the author of this work has been collecting materials for writing the history of the French Revolution. With this object in view he has visited Paris, wishing also to become familiar with the localities rendered immortal by the varied acts of this drama -- the most memorable tragedy, perhaps, which has as yet been enacted upon the theatre of time.
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Broadview Press Ltd Reflections on the Revolution in France: An
Book SynopsisThis abridgement of Reflections on the Revolution in France preserves the dynamism of Edmund Burke's polemic while excising a number of detail-laden passages that are of less interest to modern readers. Brian R. Clack's introduction offers a compelling overview of the text and explores the consistency and coherence of Burke's views on revolution. Burke's critique of revolutionary politics is illuminated further by the extensive supplementary materials collected in a number of themed appendices. These include a selection of background material essential for an understanding of the Reflections, an overview of Burke's response to the American Revolution, a sampling of his earliest and later views on the French Revolution, selections from Burke's writings on reform, passages from A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly, and a representative sampling of contemporary critical responses to the Reflections.Table of Contents Appendix A: Background Materials 1. Sir George Savile, Marquis of Halifax, from The Character of a Trimmer (1688) 2. The Bill of Rights, 1689 3. Edmund Burke, from A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757) 4. Declaration of the Rights of Men and of Citizens (1789) 5. Richard Price, from A Discourse on the Love of our Country (1789) 6. Congratulatory Address from the Revolution Society to the National Assembly of France, Nov. 4, 1789 Appendix B: Burke and the American Revolution Appendix C: Burke's First Responses to the French Revolution: "Gazing with Astonishment" 1. From a Letter to the Earl of Charlemont, 9 August 1789 2. From a Letter to Charles-Jean-François Depont, November 1789 3. From "Substance of the Speech on the Army Estimates", 9 February 1790 Appendix D: Burke's Later Thoughts on the Revolution: "At War with an Armed Doctrine" 1. From Thoughts on French Affairs(1791) 2. From "Remarks on the Policy of the Allies" (1793) 3. From Letters on a Regicide Peace (1795-1797) Appendix E: Burke on Reform and Innovation 1. From "Speech on St. George's Fields Massacre", 8 March 1769 2. From Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770) 3. From "Speech on the Bill for Explaining the Powers of Juries in Prosecutions for Libels", March 7, 1771 4. From "Speech on Presenting to the House of Commons (on the 11th February, 1780) a Plan for the Better Security of the Independence of Parliament, and the Economical Reformation of the Civil and other Establishments" (1780) 5. From "Speech on a Motion Made in the House of Commons, May 7, 1782, for a Committee to Inquire into the State of the Representation of the Commons in Parliament" (1782) 6. From An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs (1791) 7. From "A Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe on the Subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland" (1792) 8. From "A Letter to a Noble Lord" (1796) Appendix F: Burke on Rousseau and the "Philosophy of Vanity" 1. From "A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly in Answer to Some Objections to his Book on French Affairs" (1791) Appendix G: Contemporary Responses to Burke's Censure of the French Revolution 1. The Mercer-Burke Correspondence, February 1790 2. Philip Francis, from a Letter to Edmund Burke, 3 November 1790 3. Frances Burney (Madame D'Arblay), from The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay (1778-1840) 4. Richard Price, from A Discourse on the Love of our Country (Fourth edition) (1790) 5. Mary Wollstonecraft, from A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) 6. Catherine Macaulay, from Observations on the Reflections of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke on the Revolution in France (1790) 7. Joseph Priestley, from Letters to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke Occasioned by his Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) 8. Thomas Paine, from Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution (1791) 9. Jane Burke, from a Letter to William Burke, 21 March 1791 (documenting King George III's reaction to Burke's Reflections) 10. Thomas Jefferson, from a Letter to Benjamin Vaughan, 11 May 1791 11. James Mackintosh, from Vindiciae Gallicae: Defence of the French Revolution and its English Admirers, against the Accusations of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke (1791) 12. The Mackintosh-Burke Correspondence, December 1796 Appendix H: "Delivered Over to Infamy at the End of a Long Life" 1. Selections from Burke's two speeches on the Quebec Bill, May 1791
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Political Context Behind Successful Revolutionary
Book SynopsisRevolutionary warfare is a struggle for political power over some defined geographic area regardless of the backdrop. With this in mind, winning the hearts and minds of the population is not necessarily an objective of the insurgents (as the current wars with Islamic extremists adduce). This book also examines how governments can squander their advantages vis-á-vis insurgents. Accordingly, the author applies this framework to three case studies: Vietnam (1955-63), Algeria (1945-62), and Nicaragua (1967-79) to gain a greater appreciation of how government pathologies, and not insurgent strategy, are the major determinant of insurgent success.
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Progressive Press Fall of the Arab Spring: From Revolution to
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Russian Revolution and Its Global Impact: A
Book Synopsis"On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Jonathan Daly and Leonid Trofimov have reinvigorated the study of a turning point in world history. Instead of rehashing the internal dynamics of the Bolshevik takeover, the authors have carefully juxtaposed the international ambitions of the Bolsheviks with the Revolution’s reception around the world. Daly and Trofimov pair their lucid introductory essay with documents from Soviet officials, intellectuals in South America, W. E. B. Du Bois in the United States, and others, so readers will quickly realize how revolutionary ideas cross oceans and transcend geopolitical boundaries. This volume thus takes a topic once reserved for students of Russian history and places it in a world historical perspective; those interested in global history, European history, and, of course, those fascinated by events in Petrograd and Moscow will find ample sources of inspiration in this text. As the Russian Federation is now exerting its influence on a global scale, the time is ripe to consider the Russian Revolution in such broad terms." —Nigel Raab, Loyola Marymount UniversityTrade Review"Thoughtful, readable, and concise, this little book sets the Russian Revolution in its global context. Though primarily focused on the period from 1917 to the 1930s, it nicely illustrates the many ways in which the effects of the Revolution are still being felt today." —Rex Wade, George Mason UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Preface Chronology Glossary List of Maps List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter 1: Russia in Revolution and Civil War Chapter 2: The Bolsheviks Engage the World Chapter 3: The Russian Revolution and the Power of Communism EpilogueDocumentsSection 1: Russia’s Revolutions: From the Collapse of the Monarchy to the Civil War 1.1. Konstantin Pobedonoststev Blasts Parliamentarism, the Free Press, and Modern Education 1.2. V. I. Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, 1916 1.3. Soldiers Write About the War, 1915–16 1.4. Order Number One, March 1, 1917 1.5. An American in Petrograd, Spring 1917 1.6. Polish Independence and the Russian Revolution, March–April, 1917 1.7. Lenin Calls for a Deepening of the Revolution, April 4, 1917 1.8. General Session of the Petrograd Soviet, September 11, 1917 1.9. Declaration of the Rights of the Working and Exploited People, January 1918 1.10. Mustafa Chokaev, Reminiscences of 1917–18 1.11. Aleksandra Kollontai, “Soon!” (in 48 Years’ Time), 1919 1.12. Nikolai Bukharin and Evgenii Preobrazhenskii, ABC of Communism 1.13. The Fate of Kiev, 1918 1.14. The Russian “Internationale,” 1902-1944 1.15. Appeal of Rebel Leaders to the Peasant Masses, Late July/Early August 1920 Section 2: The Bolsheviks Engage the World 2.1. The Bolsheviks Take Russia Out of World War I, January–March 1918 2.2. Soviet Protest against Allied Intervention, June 27, 1918 2.3. V. I. Lenin, “A Letter to American Workingmen,” August 20, 1918 2.4. Pitfalls of Intervention, 1918–20 2.5. Bolshevik Anticipation of a Revolutionary Wave in 1919 2.6. Report of the Chief of the International Relations Section of the Comintern, March 1, 1921 2.7. Toward World Revolution, July 3, 1921 2.8. The Treaty of Rapallo, April 16, 1922 2.9. J. Stalin, “The Political Tasks of the University of the Toiling Peoples of the East,” 1925 2.10. Bolshevik Influence in China, 1920s 2.11. Fighting over the Torch of the Revolution: Trotsky versus Stalin Section 3: The Russian Revolution and the Power of Communism 3.1. John Reed on the Revolution and Socialism, 1919 3.2. “Russia Did It,” 1919 3.3. Bela Kun, “Discipline and Centralized Leadership,” 1923 3.4. Otto Ruhle, “Moscow and Us,” 1920 3.5. French Writer Romain Rolland Responds to a Call to Join the Revolutionary Cause, February 2, 1922 3.6 Emma Goldman Rejects Bolshevik Policies, 1922-23 3.7. “The Russian Problem,” 1919 3.8. Hitler’s Lessons from the Russian Revolution, 1923-26 3.9. “The Zinoviev Letter” Roils British Politics, 1924 3.10. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s unease about Soviet Russia, 1939. 3.11. “A Bright and a Heartening Phenomenon in a Dark and Dismal World,” 1933-1936 3.12. Josiah Gumede, “The New Jerusalem,” 1927 3.13. W. E. B. Du Bois Discovers Soviet Russia (ca. 1928) 3.14. José Carlos Mariátegui Welcomes World Revolution 3.15. Dr. José Lanauze Rolón’s Radio Address in Puerto Rico Extolls the Russian Revolution, 1936 3.16. Mao Zedong’s Retrospective of the Revolutionary Struggle, 1949 Select Bibliography
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Profile Books Ltd Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2021 Cundill History Prize Winner of the 2021 Frederick Douglass Prize 'A richly detailed account of a gripping human story' Washington Post '[An] epic history ... a sweeping, thoughtful narrative' Los Angeles Times On Sunday 27 February, 1763, thousands of slaves in the Dutch colony of Berbice - in present-day Guyana - launched a massive rebellion which came amazingly close to succeeding. Surrounded by jungle and savannah, the revolutionaries and their enslavers struck and parried for an entire year. In the end, the Dutch prevailed because of one advantage: their access to soldiers and supplies. Blood on the River is the explosive story of this little-known revolution, one that almost changed the face of the Americas. Drawing on 900 interrogation transcripts collected by the Dutch when the Berbice rebellion finally collapsed, which were subsequently buried in Dutch archives, historian Marjoleine Kars reconstructs an extraordinarily rich day-by-day account of this pivotal event. Blood on the River provides a rare, in-depth look at the political vision of enslaved people at the dawn of the Age of Revolution. An astonishing original work of history, Blood on the River will change our understanding of revolutions, slavery and of the story of freedom in the New World.Trade ReviewA riveting addition to the history of the search for freedom in the Americas * Kirkus Reviews *A richly detailed account of a gripping human story -- H.W. Brands * Washington Post *[An] epic history ... A sweeping, thoughtful narrative, joining a new wave of books that make visible previously dismissed Black voices -- Carolyn Kellogg * Los Angeles Times *A gripping tale about the human need for freedom ... The story of the Berbice Rebellion begs to be told, and Kars' telling is impressive -- Martha Anne Toll * NPR Books *A model for how academic history can reach a wide audience, a narrative-driven work which presents pioneering archival scholarship in which we can hear the voices of the enslaved protagonists ... Kars represents the complexities of the rebellion without romanticising it -- Bethan Fisk * History Today *A powerful book that will appeal to experts and - thanks to the lively and accessible writing style - the general public alike * Black Perspectives *This striking study unearths a meaningful chapter in the history of slavery * Publishers Weekly *Meticulously researched and careful to prioritize the perspectives of the marginalized, Blood on the River offers a fascinating glimpse of the complex history of slavery in the Americas * Booklist *A must-read for anyone interested in slave revolts and the history of Atlantic slavery * Library Journal *[A] masterpiece ... Marjoleine Kars has unearthed a little-known rebellion in the Dutch colony of Berbice and rendered its story with insight, empathy, and wisdom. You'll find no easy platitudes herein. Instead, you'll find human beings in full relief, acting with courage, kindness, calculation, and mendacity in their quest for self-determination. Blood on the River is a story for the ages -- Elizabeth Fenn, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan PeopleTakes readers on a moving journey deep into a colonial heart of darkness. Drawing on rich and challenging sources, Marjoleine Kars reveals enslaved people making a rebellion that lingers in memory and landscape -- Alan Taylor, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Internal Enemy and William Cooper's TownThis is required reading for historians of the Black Atlantic world -- Jennifer Morgan, professor of history at New York University and author of Reckoning with SlaveryOne of the great slave revolts in modern history has at last found a gifted historian to tell its epic tale. Using a breathtaking archival discovery to make the Berbice rebels vivid flesh-and-blood actors, Marjoleine Kars deeply enriches the global scholarship on the history of slavery and resistance -- Marcus Rediker, author of The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and FreedomVivid ... The aborted attempt at freedom she chronicles provides a harrowing counterpoint to the American and French revolutions that would soon follow -- Russell Shorto, author of The Island at the Center of the WorldMarjoleine Kars has brought from the archives the voices of the enslaved, both in hope and in defeat. A tale of importance for our time -- Natalie Zemon Davis, author of Trickster Travels and The Return of Martin Guerre
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Vintage Publishing Now We Have Your Attention The New Politics of
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Black and Tans
Book SynopsisThey could arrest and imprison anyone at any time. They murdered civilians. They wore a strange mixture of dark green tunics, khaki rousers, black belts and odd headgear, including civilian felt hats. The Irish named them after a famous pack of wild dogs on County Limerick - The Black and Tans.Although they were only a small proportion of British forces in Ireland, they were the toughest, the wildest and the most feared. They knew nothing and they cared nothing about Ireland. They were sent there in March 1920 by Lloyd George's coalition cabinet to make Ireland 'a hell for rebels to live in'.Richard Bennett's book is an accurate and authoritative account of an ugly and harrowing period in Anglo-Irish history - a period that the English have struggled to forget and the Irish cannot help but remember.
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