Revolutions and the Collapse of Monarchy - Human Agency and the Making of Revolution in France, Russia and Iran

Informationen zum Autor Dr Zhand Shakibi is a Fellow in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the University of London. He has written widely on the modern history and political ideas of Europe! Russia! the Middle East and the Caucasus and taught and researched at universities in Iran! Russia! Uzbekistean! the USA and Britain. A study of the revolutions in Bourbon France, Romanov Russia and Pahlavi Iran. This book argues that it is often the monarch's own personality that provides the vital spark which produces revolution. It challenges the Marxist interpretation of history and adds another perspective to theories of revolution. Zusammenfassung A study of the revolutions in Bourbon France, Romanov Russia and Pahlavi Iran. This book argues that it is often the monarch's own personality that provides the vital spark which produces revolution. It challenges the Marxist interpretation of history and adds another perspective to theories of revolution.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Zhand Shakibi
• Verlag: Tauris, I.B.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 21.02.2007
• EAN: 9781845112929
• ISBN: 978-1-84511-292-9
• Seiten: 296
• Abmessung: 162 mm x 236 mm x 26 mm
• Serien: International Library of Historical Studies; International Library of Histo; International Library of Histo; International Library of Historical Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Kulturgeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges