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020 _a9781405184649
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050 _aJC 491
_b.In82 2009
245 4 _aThe international encyclopedia of revolution and protest :
_b1500 to the present /
_cedited by Immanuel Ness.
260 _aMalden, MA :
_bWiley-Blackwell,
_c2009
300 _a8 v. (cxlix, 4005) :
_bill., maps
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _av. 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.
520 _aContains 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.
650 _aProtest movements
_939615
650 _aRevolutions
_938370
700 _aNess, Immanuel.
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