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Title Page 12 Copyright Page 13 Dedication Page 15 Contents 16 List of illustrations 17 Acknowledgments 19 1 What is a revolution? 20 2 What causes revolutions? 29 3 Revolutionary processes, leaders, and outcomes 46 4 Revolutions in the ancient world 62 5 Revolutions of the Renaissance and Reformation 75 6 Constitutional revolutions: America, France, Europe (1830 and 1848), and Meiji Japan 84 7 Communist revolutions: Russia, China, and Cuba 99 8 Revolutions against dictators: Mexico, Nicaragua, and Iran 117 9 Color revolutions: The Philippines, Eastern Europe and the USSR, and Ukraine 132 10 The Arab Revolutions of 2011: Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Syria 147 11 The future of revolutions 162 References 165 Further reading 168 Index 173

Author

Jack A. Goldstone

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Language

EN

Rating

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Updated

2026-03-14