Modern Revolutions: An Introduction to the Analysis of a Political Phenomenon (Volume 0) - Softcover

Dunn, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521378141 ISBN 13: 9780521378147

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Synopsis

Modern Revolutions has been the standard single-volume interpretation of its subject since its publication in 1972. Successive generations of students have welcomed Professor Dunn's lucid attempt to distinguish between ideological assessments of the desirability of eight contemporary revolutions and specific explanations of why they occurred. In this updated edition, Dunn assesses the major advances in the interpretation of revolutionary experience achieved since 1971, and considers the prospective impact of the revolutions of the past two decades on future revolutionary possibilities.

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Book Description

This respected analysis of the major advances in the interpretation of revolutionary experience since 1971 considers the prospective impact of revolutions of the recent past on those of the future.

Review

"...a brilliant effort. It gives the reader much to think about in its summaries of leading points of the debates over eight different twentieth-century revolutions." Journal of Social History

"...Dunn has written a very interesting, subtle, provocative and difficult book." James Joll in the Sunday Times

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521378141
• ISBN 13: 9780521378147
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384