Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

What does it mean to own something?

In a projected four-volume series, The Common Law in Colonial America, William E.

In a projected four-volume series, The Common Law in Colonial America, William E.

American States of Nature transforms our understanding of the American Revolution and the early makings of the Constitution.

In the city of Puebla there lived an American who made himself into the richest man in Mexico.

In the city of Puebla there lived an American who made himself into the richest man in Mexico.

In the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, French revolutionaries proclaimed the freedom of speech, religion, and opinion.

The collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe--the Revolution of 1989--was a singularly stunning event in a century already known for the unexpected.

The Alcoholic Empire examines the prevalence of alcohol in Russian social, economic, religious, and political life.

In the first half of nineteenth century France was characterized by extraordinary regional and linguistic diversity but the state increasingly became a central force in the lives of its citizens.

This interdisciplinary collection of essays examines the important and paradoxical relation between women and the French Revolution.

This volume presents the first full-scale treatment of the only instance in history where African blacks, seized by slave dealers, won their freedom and returned home.

In the summer of 1926, an army of Mexican Catholics launched a war against their government.

Why is it that some social movements engaged in contentious politics experience radicalization whereas others do not?

Renowned historian, essayist, and journalist David A.

Renowned historian, essayist, and journalist David A.

On 25 January 2011, tens of thousands of Egyptians came out on the streets to protest against emergency rule and police brutality.

This book offers a novel, incisive and wide-ranging account of Libya's '17 February Revolution' by tracing how critical towns, communities and political groups helped to shape its course.

On 25 January 2011, tens of thousands of Egyptians came out on the streets to protest against emergency rule and police brutality.

This book offers a novel, incisive and wide-ranging account of Libya's '17 February Revolution' by tracing how critical towns, communities and political groups helped to shape its course.

A sweeping overview of civil resistance movements around the world that explains what they are, how they work, why they are often effective, and why they can fail.

A sweeping overview of civil resistance movements around the world that explains what they are, how they work, why they are often effective, and why they can fail.

The Shi'a-Sunni conflict is one of the most significant outcomes arising from the Arab rebellions.

The Shi'a-Sunni conflict is one of the most significant outcomes arising from the Arab rebellions.

Here is a brisk, accessible, and vivid introduction to arguably the most important event in the history of the United States--the American Revolution.

Here is a brisk, accessible, and vivid introduction to arguably the most important event in the history of the United States--the American Revolution.

In their long struggle for independence from British rule, Irish republicans had long looked west for help, and with reason.

In their long struggle for independence from British rule, Irish republicans had long looked west for help, and with reason.

Employing an engaging question-and-answer format, The Arab Uprisings explores the revolutionary protests that have rocked the Arab world since late 2010.

Employing an engaging question-and-answer format, The Arab Uprisings explores the revolutionary protests that have rocked the Arab world since late 2010.

Nat Turner's name rings through American history with a force all its own.

In the summer of 1926, an army of Mexican Catholics launched a war against their government.

Peaceful protest is a strong driver for democratization across the globe.

Peaceful protest is a strong driver for democratization across the globe.

In April 1917, Lenin arrived at Petrograd's Finland Station and set foot on Russian soil for the first time in over a decade.

In April 1917, Lenin arrived at Petrograd's Finland Station and set foot on Russian soil for the first time in over a decade.

If democracy liberates individuals from their inherited bonds, what can reunite them into a sovereign people?

If democracy liberates individuals from their inherited bonds, what can reunite them into a sovereign people?

'People can only be free in relation to one another.

An extraordinary selection of the letters of Che Guevara'Always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world'Che Guevara was an inveterate letter writer and diarist throughout his short but extraordinary life.

'Powerful and poetic .

'Guerrilla warfare is a war of the masses, a war of the people'First published in 1961, following the successful Cuban Revolution, this is Che Guevara's handbook for guerrilla war.

'Guevara was a figure of epic proportions.

'A tour de force of accessible scholarship' The Guardian'Impressive .

How can we explain the origins of the great wave of paranoid hatreds that seem inescapable in our close-knit world - from American 'shooters' and ISIS to Trump, from a rise in vengeful nationalism across the world to racism and misogyny on social media?

Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature.

THE TIMES, THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016'Twice I missed my stop on the Tube reading this book.

'This war is not the end but the beginning of violence.

OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR and OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION'S MORRIS D.

A vivid chronicle of the first blow in the Irish revolution - by the people who were thereIn 1947 the Bureau of Military History was established by the Irish government to record the experiences of those who took part in the fight for independence.