Revolutions : a new history / Donald Sassoon.
| Author/creator | Sassoon, Donald, 1946- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | London ; New York : Verso Books, [2025]. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | 426 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The English Civil War -- America: the Settlers' Rebellion -- Debating the French Revolution -- The 'National Revolutions' of the nineteenth century -- The rise and fall of the Russian Revolution -- The Chinese Revolution: not a dinner party. |
| Abstract | "Revolutions is a sparkling account of political upheaval and the power of history. We think of revolutions in terms of fleeting events, such as the Fall of the Bastille or the Storming of the Winter Palace. In reality they take decades to burn out, if they ever do. One of our great historians, Donald Sassoon, takes the long view of some of the most celebrated upheavals: the English Civil War, which killed a king; the American War of Independence, which ejected the British but allowed slavery to persist; the French Revolution, which produced the Rights of Man and years of instability; the national revolutions that unified Italy and Germany; and the Russian and Chinese revolutions, which transformed the twentieth century. Revolutions adroitly compares these historical juggernauts to the many rebellions, coups and tumults that time forgot."--Jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 9781804299920 |
| ISBN | 1804299928 (hardcover) |
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