Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction [1st ed.] 0199858500, 9780199858507
From 1789 in France to 2011 in Cairo, revolutions have shaken the world. In their pursuit of social justice, revolutiona
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Table of contents :
Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
1 What is a revolution?
2 What causes revolutions?
3 Revolutionary processes, leaders, and outcomes
4 Revolutions in the ancient world
5 Revolutions of the Renaissance and Reformation
6 Constitutional revolutions: America, France, Europe (1830 and 1848), and Meiji Japan
7 Communist revolutions: Russia, China, and Cuba
8 Revolutions against dictators: Mexico, Nicaragua, and Iran
9 Color revolutions: The Philippines, Eastern Europe and the USSR, and Ukraine
10 The Arab Revolutions of 2011: Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Syria
11 The future of revolutions
References
Further reading
Index
