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1 online resource (1 audio file (5hr., 04 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Peter Ganim. |
| Summary |
From 1789 in France to 2011 in Cairo, revolutions have shaken the world. They have often, though not always, sparked cataclysmic violence, and have at times won miraculous victories, though at other times suffered a devastating defeat. This Very Short Introduction illuminates the revolutionaries, their strategies, their successes and failures, and how revolutions continue to dominate world events and the popular imagination. Jack Goldstone traces the development of revolutions through the Renaissance and Reformation, the Enlightenment and liberal constitutional revolutions such as in America, and their opposite-the communist revolutions of the twentieth century. He shows how revolutions overturned dictators in Nicaragua and Iran and brought the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and examines the new wave of non-violent "color" revolutions. Goldstone also sheds light on the major theories of revolution, exploring the causes of revolutionary waves, the role of revolutionary leaders, the strategies and processes of revolutionary change, and the intersection between revolutions and shifting patterns of global power. Finally, the author examines the reasons for diverse revolutionary outcomes and the likely future of revolution in years to come. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Revolutions -- Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Goldstone, Jack A.
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Merton, Robert King, 1910-2003.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781666113839 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1666113832 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14233079 |
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