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Canto Classics: States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China
Theda Skocpol
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Description for Canto Classics: States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China
Paperback. Shows how state structures, international forces, and class relations combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revolutionary transformations. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 421 pages, 6 maps 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DVUA; 1FPC; JPB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
State structures, international forces, and class relations: Theda Skocpol shows how all three combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revolutionary transformations. Social revolutions have been rare but undeniably of enormous importance in modern world history. States and Social Revolutions provides a new frame of reference for analyzing the causes, the conflicts, and the outcomes of such revolutions. It develops a rigorous, comparative historical analysis of three major cases: the French Revolution of 1787 through the early 1800s, the Russian Revolution of 1917 through the 1930s, and the Chinese Revolution of 1911 through the 1960s. Believing that existing theories ... Read more
State structures, international forces, and class relations: Theda Skocpol shows how all three combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revolutionary transformations. Social revolutions have been rare but undeniably of enormous importance in modern world history. States and Social Revolutions provides a new frame of reference for analyzing the causes, the conflicts, and the outcomes of such revolutions. It develops a rigorous, comparative historical analysis of three major cases: the French Revolution of 1787 through the early 1800s, the Russian Revolution of 1917 through the 1930s, and the Chinese Revolution of 1911 through the 1960s. Believing that existing theories ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Canto Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
421
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107569843
SKU
V9781107569843
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Reviews for Canto Classics: States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China
'With lucidity and care, Skocpol has laid out a challenging comparison of three great revolutions ... Here is a book worth studying, refuting, testing, elaborating, and emulating.' Charles Tilly 'I am convinced that States and Social Revolutions will be considered a landmark in the study of the sources of revolution.' Lewis A. Coser, The New York Times Book Review ... Read more