Revolutions : a very short introduction /

Goldstone, Jack A.

Revolutions : a very short introduction / Jack A. Goldstone. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014. - xvii, 148 p. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; n.381 . - Very short introductions ; 381. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137) and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: What is a revolution? -- Chapter 2: What causes revolutions? -- Chapter 3: Revolutionary processes, leadership, and outcomes -- Chapter 4: Revolutions in the ancient world -- Chapter 5: Revolutions in the Renaissance and Reformation -- Chapter 6: Constitutional revolutions: America, France, Europe (1830 and 1848), and Meiji Japan -- Chapter 7: Communist revolutions: Russia, China, and Cuba -- Chapter 8: Revolutions against dictators: Mexico, Nicaragua, and Iran -- Chapter 9: Color revolutions: The Philippines, Eastern Europe and the USSR, and Ukraine -- Chapter 10: The Arab revolutions of 2011: Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Syria -- Chapter 11: The future of revolutions -- References -- Further reading -- Index.

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Revolutions--History.

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