Revolutions and revolutionary movements
By: James DeFronzo
Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780813349244
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Revolutions; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; Case studies; World politics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International; Social movements
Description: With crucial insights and indispensable information concerning modern-day political upheavals, this work provides a representative cross section of the most significant revolutions of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The fifth edition is revised and updated with a new chapter on the Arab Revolution from its beginning in December 2010 to the present. In this widely used text, students can trace the historical development of eleven revolutions using a five-factor analytical framework. Here the author clearly explains all relevant concepts and events, the roles of key leaders, and the interrelation of each revolutionary movement with international economic and political developments and conflicts, including World Wars I and II, the Cold War, and the War on Terror. Student resources include multiple orienting maps, summary and analysis sections, suggested readings, chronologies, and documentary resources. -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, filmographies, and index.
Table of contents: title: Social Movements and Revolutions; title: The Russian Revolutions and Eastern Europe; title: Revolution In China; title: The Vietnamese Revolution; title: The Cuban Revolution; title: Revolution In Nicaragua; title: The Iranian Revolution and Islamic Fundamentalism; title: Islamic Revolutionary Movements; title: South Africa; title: Revolution Through Democracy; title: The Arab Revolution.