History's Locomotives: Revolutions and the Making of the Modern World

Malia, Martin

ISBN 10: 0300113919 / ISBN 13: 9780300113914

Editore: Yale University Press, 2006

Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. Codice articolo I21B-03318

Riassunto:

This masterful comparative history traces the West’s revolutionary tradition and its culmination in the Communist revolutions of the twentieth century. Unique in breadth and scope, History’s Locomotives offers a new interpretation of the origins and history of socialism as well as the meanings of the Russian Revolution, the rise of the Soviet regime, and the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union.
 
History’s Locomotives is the masterwork of an esteemed historian in whom a fine sense of historical particularity never interfered with the ability to see the large picture.

 

Martin Malia explores religious conflicts in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe, the revolutions in England, American, and France, and the twentieth-century Russian explosions into revolution. He concludes that twentieth-century revolutions have deep roots in European history and that revolutionary thought and action underwent a process of radicalization from one great revolution to the next. Malia offers an original view of the phenomenon of revolution and a fascinating assessment of its power as a driving force in history.
 
 
 

Informazioni sull'autore:

The late Martin Malia was respected as one of the great historians of Russia. Terence Emmons is professor of history, emeritus, Stanford University.

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Titolo: History's Locomotives: Revolutions and the ...
Casa editrice: Yale University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2006
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: As New
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