A Concise History of Revolution

An innovative and comprehensive exploration of revolutions from the French Revolution of 1789 to the most recent 2011 Arab uprisings.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. From rebellion to revolution; 3. Social movements and revolution; 4. Revolutionary states; 5. Revolutionary polities; 6. Conclusion; Chronology of revolutions.

About the author

Mehran Kamrava is Professor and Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University, Qatar. He is the author of numerous journal articles and books, including The Modern Middle East: A Political History since the First World War (3rd edition, 2013), Qatar: Small State, Big Politics (2013), The Impossibility of Palestine: History, Geography, and the Road Ahead (2016), Troubled Waters: Insecurity in the Persian Gulf (2018) and Inside the Arab State (2018).

Summary

An innovative and comprehensive exploration of revolutions from the French Revolution of 1789 to the most recent 2011 Arab uprisings, which presents a new framework for the study of revolutions, and marks not only the political conditions leading to revolution but also the human emotion bound up in these tumultuous events.

Product details

• Authors: Mehran Kamrava
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781108485951
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48595-1
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1500 onwards to present day, Comparative Politics, Revolutionary groups & movements, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Middle Eastern history, General and world history, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Pressure groups & lobbying, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions