We use cookies to provide essential features and services. By using our website you agree to our use of cookies .

×

Warehouse Stock Clearance Sale

Grab a bargain today!


The Revolutions and History
By

Rating
Hurry - Only 3 left in stock!

Product Description
Product Details

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.

ntroduction: Meanings of Revolution in Time and Space.

Part I: How Revolutions Happen:.

1. Revolutions in Past History.

2. Why Revolutions have Occurred.

3. The Trend in Revolutions.

4. Revolutions and Modernity in the Twentieth Century.

Part II: Why Revolutions Matter: .

5. Revolutions and Historical Change: the 'Revolutionary Narrative'.

6. The Revolutionary Narrative in History.

7. The Revolutionary Narrative at the End of the Twentieth Century.

Appendix: Revolutions and the Understanding of History.

Notes.

References.

Index.

About the Author

Noel Parker is Senior Lecturer in European Politics, in the Department of Linguistic and International Studies at the University of Surrey.

Reviews

'Revolutions and History combines the virtues of two very different kinds of study. It is a lucid, concise and reliable guide through the forest of literature on the subject: an ideal introduction for students. It is also a wide-ranging essay full of original ideas on topics as diverse as world-system theory and the effects of what the author describes as 'the revolutionary narrative'. I don't know of any book which so skilfully combines history with theory in a study of revolution.' Peter Burke, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
'[Covers] the topic from its beginnings in modern European history up to the present. Parker has more in mind than a mere typology. He wishes also to give a structural-analytic explanation of revolutions, along with a hermeneutically inflected history of their appearance over time.' American Historical Review

Ask a Question About this Product More...
 
Item ships from and is sold by Fishpond World Ltd.

Back to top