Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

This book examines the role of artists in Egypt during the 2011 revolution, when street art from graffiti to political murals became ubiquitous facets of revolutionary spaces.

In October 2019, hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Lebanon to protest austerity measures in what became known as the “thawra.

In October 2019, hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Lebanon to protest austerity measures in what became known as the “thawra.

The 1919 Egyptian revolution was the founding event for modern Egypt's nation state.

The 1919 Egyptian revolution was the founding event for modern Egypt's nation state.

A literary guide to one of the most fascinating countries in the world.

In Twelver Shi'a Islam, the wait for the return of the Twelfth Imam, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Mahdi, at the end of time, overshadowed the value of actively seeking martyrdom.

In Twelver Shi'a Islam, the wait for the return of the Twelfth Imam, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Mahdi, at the end of time, overshadowed the value of actively seeking martyrdom.

The revolutionary year of 1958 epitomizes the height of the social uprisings, military coups, and civil wars that erupted across the Middle East and North Africa in the mid-twentieth century.

The revolutionary year of 1958 epitomizes the height of the social uprisings, military coups, and civil wars that erupted across the Middle East and North Africa in the mid-twentieth century.

The emergence of the Balkan national states in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has long been viewed through an Orientalist lens, and their birth and evolution traditionally seen by scholars as the effect of the Ottoman Empire's decline.

The emergence of the Balkan national states in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has long been viewed through an Orientalist lens, and their birth and evolution traditionally seen by scholars as the effect of the Ottoman Empire's decline.

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Arming the Irish Revolution is an in-depth investigation of the successes and failures of the militant Irish republican efforts to arm themselves.

Why most modern revolutions have ended in bloodshed and failure-and what lessons they hold for today's world of growing extremismWhy have so many of the iconic revolutions of modern times ended in bloody tragedies?

Arming the Irish Revolution is an in-depth investigation of the successes and failures of the militant Irish republican efforts to arm themselves.

A revealing exploration of political disruption and violence in a rural Chinese county during the Cultural RevolutionA Decade of Upheaval chronicles the surprising and dramatic political conflicts of a rural Chinese county over the course of the Cultural Revolution.

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceWhy the conventional wisdom about the Arab Spring is wrongThe Arab Spring promised to end dictatorship and bring self-government to people across the Middle East.

The classic book that restored the voices of ordinary people to our understanding of the French RevolutionThe Coming of the French Revolution remains essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of this great turning point in the formation of the modern world.

A masterful new account of old regime France by one of the world's most prominent political philosophersFrance before 1789 traces the historical origins of France's National Constituent Assembly of 1789, providing a vivid portrait of the ancien regime and its complex social system in the decades before the French Revolution.

The English have a rich and glorious history of making trouble for themselves.

One of the largest political protests in contemporary Korean history, the May 1980 Kwangju Uprising still exerts a profound, often contested, influence in Korean society.

Popular uprisings in Poland and Hungary shake Moscow's hold on its eastern European empire.

In 1968, Mexico prepared to host the Olympic games amid growing civil unrest.

Surfing today evokes many things: thundering waves, warm beaches, bikinis and lifeguards, and carefree pleasure.

This book explores the constitutional issues at the heart of the conflict between Britain and its American colonies in the eighteenth century.

This book explores the constitutional issues at the heart of the conflict between Britain and its American colonies in the eighteenth century.

A major history and interpretation of Russian philosophy from 1830 to 1930.

Examines in depth three waves of democratic change that took place in eleven different former Communist nations.

Examines in depth three waves of democratic change that took place in eleven different former Communist nations.

This book is a study of faction, lynching, murder, terror and counter-terror during the French Revolution.

This book traces the transformation of indigenous politics in Mexico, linking indigenous identity directly to state formation.

A fascinating history of frontier Stalinism that sheds new light on the nature of Soviet society and Stalinism in the 1930s.

A comparative account of the roots of Communist revolution in Russia and China.

A major study of the 1549 rebellions, the largest and most important risings in Tudor England.

An analysis of Russian democracy''s collapse in 1917 through the experiences of ordinary people.

A groundbreaking history of nobles in Central Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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This book studies the changes that have marked war in the Western World since the thirteenth century.

This book studies the confrontation between popular movements and repressive regimes in Central America.

This book explores how workers both perceived, responded to and helped shape the outcome of Mexico''s revolution.

This book examines the politics of the French Revolutionary tradition in the early nineteenth century.

Loewenstein explores the interactions of literature, polemics and religious politics in the English Revolution.

Stone attributes the outbreak of the French Revolution to international/domestic pressures on national leaders.

This 2002 study examines the process of the disintegration of the Soviet state.

Die Erfindung der Monarchie: Eine Analyse der politischen Evolution ist eine tiefgreifende Untersuchung, die das Phänomen der Monarchie in der Menschheitsgeschichte von seinen Ursprüngen bis zur modernen Weltordnung durchleuchtet.