Revolutions : how they changed history and what they mean today
Furtado, Peter2020
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Revolutions hold a distinct place in the popular imagination. This may be because their rhetoric, such as 'liberty, fraternity, equality', articulates aspirations with which we identify; or because we are shocked by the destructive forces unleashed when social conventions break down. Yet each revolution is unique - a product of its time, its society, its people - and the outcomes vary dramatically, from liberal reform to cruel dictatorship. Twenty-four leading historians, each writing about their country of origin, consider revolutions from England's Glorious Revolution of 1688 to the Arab Spring of 2011, reflecting not only on their causes, crises and outcomes, but also their long-term legacies and their changing, sometimes contested, meanings today. Here, leadig historians revisit the great revolutions of modern history and explore their meaning today.
Main title:
Revolutions : how they changed history and what they mean today / Peter Furtado.
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Imprint:
London : Thames and Hudson, 2020.London : Thames and Hudson, 2020.
Collation:
368 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780500022412 (hbk)
Dewey class:
321.094
Language:
English
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BRN:
2346267