Title: Great revolutions compared : the outline of a theory /
Authors: Krejčí, Jaroslav, 1916-2014; Krejčová, Anna.
Publisher: Harvester Wheatsheaf,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Revolutions Case studies; Revolutions History
Contents: Part I: General Considerations -- Concept and Types of Revolution -- Topography of Revolution -- Counting and Weighting Revolutionary Events -- To What Extent Is Revolution a Modern Phenomenon? -- A Look Into Bygone Ages -- Etiology (Causes) of Revolution (Vertical Type) -- Morphology (Course) of Revolution (Vertical Type) -- Part II: The Main Case Studies -- Chapter 1: Bohemia (1403-58) -- General Preconditions -- Specific Preconditions and the Reform Programme -- The Onset and Institutionalisation -- Compression and Explosion -- The Revolutionary Spectrum and Its Social Context -- Oscillation -- Interception, Tightening, and Expansion -- Restoration: Compromise and Pressure -- Consolidation -- Chapter 2: England (1628-89) -- Nature of the Revolution: Can We Call It Puritan? -- Causes and Onset -- Compression, Institutionalisation, and Explosion -- Oscillation and the Revolutionary Spectrum -- Interception, Tightening, and Expansion -- Reversal and Restoration Compromise --^