The international encyclopedia of revolution and protest : 1500 to the present /
The international encyclopedia of revolution and protest : 1500 to the present /
edited by Immanuel Ness.
- Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
- 8 v. (cxlix, 4005) : ill., maps 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
v. 1. A - Bl -- v. 2. Bl - Da -- v. 3. Da - Ha -- v. 4. Ha - Le -- v. 5. Le - Pe -- v. 6. Pe - St -- v. 7. Su - Z -- v. 8. Index.
Contains information on revolutionary social movements, left-politics, and radical leaders from the rebellion against the Peasant's Revolt in Bolivia,to the Taiping Uprising in China, and from the Enlightenement -inspired revolutions in Europe and America to the colonial revolts of Pancho Villa and the Mau-Mau. It presents major uprisings and protest movements, and the ideas, ideologies, and activists that propelled them , chronicles the manner in which they unfolded, traces their roots, goals, tactics , and influemce, and evaluates their successes and failures.. Incorporates the sociaL history literature of the past two generations with its focus on protest movements, ordinary working people , and how the struggle for social justice was defined by class, race, gender, and ethnicity. Provides a window into the process of revolutionary social change, the relationships between leaders and rank and file, workers peasants, and state power. Its transnational perspective clarifies the role that revolutionary nationalism and the struggles against European colonialism played in the world-wide movement for social change. Biographies of key people are available. Includes 150 photographs,figures and maps.
9781405184649
Protest movements
Revolutions
JC 491 / .In82 2009
Includes bibliographical references and index.
v. 1. A - Bl -- v. 2. Bl - Da -- v. 3. Da - Ha -- v. 4. Ha - Le -- v. 5. Le - Pe -- v. 6. Pe - St -- v. 7. Su - Z -- v. 8. Index.
Contains information on revolutionary social movements, left-politics, and radical leaders from the rebellion against the Peasant's Revolt in Bolivia,to the Taiping Uprising in China, and from the Enlightenement -inspired revolutions in Europe and America to the colonial revolts of Pancho Villa and the Mau-Mau. It presents major uprisings and protest movements, and the ideas, ideologies, and activists that propelled them , chronicles the manner in which they unfolded, traces their roots, goals, tactics , and influemce, and evaluates their successes and failures.. Incorporates the sociaL history literature of the past two generations with its focus on protest movements, ordinary working people , and how the struggle for social justice was defined by class, race, gender, and ethnicity. Provides a window into the process of revolutionary social change, the relationships between leaders and rank and file, workers peasants, and state power. Its transnational perspective clarifies the role that revolutionary nationalism and the struggles against European colonialism played in the world-wide movement for social change. Biographies of key people are available. Includes 150 photographs,figures and maps.
9781405184649
Protest movements
Revolutions
JC 491 / .In82 2009
