Revolutions - A New History

Sweeping comparative history from leading historian of big ideas with books on socialism, capitalism and European culture.

List of contents

Introduction
1. The English Civil War
2. America: The Settlers’ Rebellion
3. Debating the French Revolution
4. The ‘National Revolutions’ of the Nineteenth Century
5. The Rise and Fall of the Russian Revolution
6. The Chinese Revolution: Not a Dinner Party
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index

About the author

Donald Sassoon is Emeritus Professor of Comparative European History at Queen Mary, University of London, and the acclaimed author of The Anxious Triumph, The Culture of the Europeans, One Hundred Years of Socialism and Mona Lisa, all widely translated.

Product details

• Authors: Sassoon Donald
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 18.11.2025
• EAN: 9781804299920
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-992-0
• No. of pages: 544
• Weight: 750 g
• Illustrations: 15 integrated b&w photos
• Subjects: PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Marxism & Communism