Prelude To Revolution

Author : Peter Charles Hoffer
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421410074

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Prelude to Revolution by Peter Charles Hoffer Pdf

“A fine study . . . by a prolific scholar who adeptly restores the Salem Gunpowder Raid to its rightful place in the history of the American Revolution.” —New England Quarterly On April 19, 1775, British raids on Lexington Green and Concord Bridge made history, but it was an episode nearly two months earlier in Salem, Massachusetts, that set the stage for the hostilities. Peter Charles Hoffer has discovered records and newspaper accounts of a British gunpowder raid on Salem. Seeking powder and cannon hidden in the town, a regiment of British Regulars were foiled by quick-witted patriots who carried off the ordnance and then openly taunted the Regulars. The prudence of British commanding officer Alexander Leslie and the persistence of the patriot leaders turned a standoff into a bloodless triumph for the colonists. What might have been a violent confrontation turned into a local victory, and the patriots gloated as news spread of “Leslie’s Retreat.” When British troops marched on Lexington and Concord on that pivotal day in April, Hoffer explains, each side had drawn diametrically opposed lessons from the Salem raid. It emboldened the rebels to stand fast and infuriated the British, who vowed never again to back down. After relating these battles in vivid detail, Hoffer provides a teachable problem in historic memory by asking why we celebrate Lexington and Concord but not Salem and why New Englanders recalled the events at Salem but then forgot their significance. “A well-told story that deserves to be read . . . [Hoffer] reveals something of the practice of the historian’s craft, even as he resurrects a dimly-remembered event.” —History

Author : Alexander Rabinowitch
Publisher : Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015009096820

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Prelude to Revolution; the Petrograd Bolsheviks and the July 1917 Uprising by Alexander Rabinowitch Pdf

..". an expert work... remarkable for its objectivity, judiciousness, and its sure handling of the available evidence." -- Political Science Quarterly ..". a fine piece of historical writing." -- Soviet Studies "An able and scholarly inquiry into the perplexing abortive Petrograd uprising of June and July 1917... a very interesting view of revolutionary action on the local level." -- Foreign Affairs First published in 1968, this pioneering study of revolutionary events in Petrograd in the summer of 1917 revised the established view of the Bolsheviks as a monolithic party. Rabinowitch documents how the party's pluralistic nature had crucial implications for the outcome of the revolution in October.

Author : Daniel Singer
Publisher : Hill & Wang
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1970-01-01
Category : Paris (France)
ISBN : 0809078538

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Prelude to Revolution by Daniel Singer Pdf

Author : Alexander Rabinowitch
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1991-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253206618

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Prelude to Revolution by Alexander Rabinowitch Pdf

"... an expert work... remarkable for its objectivity, judiciousness, and its sure handling of the available evidence." --Political Science Quarterly "... a fine piece of historical writing." --Soviet Studies "An able and scholarly inquiry into the perplexing abortive Petrograd uprising of June and July 1917... a very interesting view of revolutionary action on the local level." --Foreign Affairs First published in 1968, this pioneering study of revolutionary events in Petrograd in the summer of 1917 revised the established view of the Bolsheviks as a monolithic party. Rabinowitch documents how the party's pluralistic nature had crucial implications for the outcome of the revolution in October.

Author : Daniel Singer
Publisher : South End Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0896086828

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Prelude to Revolution by Daniel Singer Pdf

An essential history of the May 1968 upheaval in France--and how it changed the world. Prelude to Revolution is the indispensable study of May 1968. Generations have looked to this book for inspiration. Singer, who died in 2000, was widely considered the most adept interpreter of European politics for American audiences. He shows here how change happens--and why it is needed

Author : Jack Richard Censer
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421433929

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Prelude to Power by Jack Richard Censer Pdf

Otiginally published in 1976. This investigation focuses on the ideology of the radical press during the French Revolution. Events, individuals, and institutions were important, but they were reported in such a manner as to make them subordinate to ideas. In their descriptions of the people and institutions of the Revolution, radicals drew heavily on the stereotypes provided by their ideology. The author analyzes the radicals of 1789 to 1791 with respect to collective interests and concerns. For these radicals, ideology governed from 1789 through 1791. And, insofar as events had any impact on the radicals, occurrences of 1790 were important because they coincided with radical shifts in opinion. Subsequent and more famous events came too late to have much impact on radical views. The author reveals that Jacobin thought of 1792 and 1793 had definite origins dating from 1789. The similarity between radical thought and the ideology of Robespierre proves that Jacobinism was not a hasty doctrine of the moment but the direct product of positions assumed since 1789.

Author : Sushil Chaudhury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Bengal (India)
ISBN : UOM:39015052293787

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The Prelude to Empire by Sushil Chaudhury Pdf

This Is A Perceptive And Comprehensive Study Of The Plassey Revolution Of 1757. The Author Looks At The Event In All Its Aspect Such As Bengal Under The Nawab, The Activities Of European Companies And The Asian Traders, Nawab Sirajuddaula, Causes Of Conflict Between Him And The East India Company, The Imperatives Of The Revolution, Genesis Of The Conspiracy, The Main Conspirators, The Revolution And Its Aftermath.

Author : Gerald Horne
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781479808724

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The Counter-Revolution of 1776 by Gerald Horne Pdf

Illuminates how the preservation of slavery was a motivating factor for the Revolutionary War The successful 1776 revolt against British rule in North America has been hailed almost universally as a great step forward for humanity. But the Africans then living in the colonies overwhelmingly sided with the British. In this trailblazing book, Gerald Horne shows that in the prelude to 1776, the abolition of slavery seemed all but inevitable in London, delighting Africans as much as it outraged slaveholders, and sparking the colonial revolt. Prior to 1776, anti-slavery sentiments were deepening throughout Britain and in the Caribbean, rebellious Africans were in revolt. For European colonists in America, the major threat to their security was a foreign invasion combined with an insurrection of the enslaved. It was a real and threatening possibility that London would impose abolition throughout the colonies—a possibility the founding fathers feared would bring slave rebellions to their shores. To forestall it, they went to war. The so-called Revolutionary War, Horne writes, was in part a counter-revolution, a conservative movement that the founding fathers fought in order to preserve their right to enslave others. The Counter-Revolution of 1776 brings us to a radical new understanding of the traditional heroic creation myth of the United States.

Author : John L. Bullion
Publisher : American University Studies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1433141000

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Prelude to Disaster by John L. Bullion Pdf

Prelude to Disaster is the most comprehensive account of the fateful decision to tax American colonists. Unlike other studies, it emphasizes the central role of the young George III in the process. Central to this examination are George's principles of statecraft and government, his thoughts on pre- and post-war empires, his assessments of future relations with Britain's great antagonist France, his personality and its development before and after his accession to the throne, his friendship with the earl of Bute, and his attitudes toward domestic policies and politicians, especially George Grenville.

Author : Aykut Kansu
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004493216

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The Revolution of 1908 in Turkey by Aykut Kansu Pdf

This is a detailed account and an excellent narrative history of the often neglected period 1906-1908 in Turkey, in which the prelude and aftermath of the revolution and elections of 1908 took place. The year 1908 opened a new era of representative government and the social and political developments leading to the overthrow of the ancien régime are carefully and fascinatingly given. Historians and general readers will find The Revolution of 1908 in Turkey a thought-provoking book, which will resound in the discussion of the validity of Kemalist or quasi-Kemalist historiography and therefore provide a major contribution to the field.

Author : Cristina Soriano
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826359858

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Tides of Revolution by Cristina Soriano Pdf

Winner of the 2019 Bolton-Johnson Prize from the Conference on Latin American History This is a book about the links between politics and literacy, and about how radical ideas spread in a world without printing presses. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Spanish colonial governments tried to keep revolution out of their provinces. But, as Cristina Soriano shows, hand-copied samizdat materials from the Caribbean flooded the cities and ports of Venezuela, hundreds of foreigners shared news of the French and Haitian revolutions with locals, and Venezuelans of diverse social backgrounds met to read hard-to-come-by texts and to discuss the ideas they expounded. These networks efficiently spread antimonarchical propaganda and abolitionist and egalitarian ideas, allowing Venezuelans to participate in an incipient yet vibrant public sphere and to contemplate new political scenarios. This book offers an in-depth analysis of one of the crucial processes that allowed Venezuela to become one of the first regions in Spanish America to declare independence from Iberia and turn into an influential force for South American independence.

Author : Susan Provost Beller
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822576006

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The Aftermath of the Mexican Revolution by Susan Provost Beller Pdf

Examines the causes, events, and consequences of the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1917.

Author : Kenneth Lawing Penegar
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780875868509

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The Political Trial of Benjamin Franklin by Kenneth Lawing Penegar Pdf

Benjamin Franklin, it seems, was a reluctant revolutionary. In tracing the course of his political transformation, this book will explore the social and political understandings and misunderstandings that both sustained and divided Britain and its colonies in North America. At the center of the story is Benjamin Franklin's decision in late 1772 to use a cache of personal letters that had fallen in his lap in London for revelation in Massachusetts - essentially a Wikileaks for 1772 - and the consequences of that decision for himself and for the cause of an amicable settlement of differences between the colonies and the British government. The personal side of Franklin's life in London is explored fully enough for the reader to appreciate both his strong attachment to the place and the inevitable sense of loss from which he reluctantly retreated in the spring of 1775 upon his departure from Britain and return to Philadelphia. In the tradition of narrative history, this book combines two main stories, each one complementing the other. Woven into the chronological and social history is a tale with an air of genuine suspense and mystery about it, revolving around Franklin's publication of private correspondence with political ramifications. The 'leak' was a shock to all, and had consequences for the prospect of avoiding a deeper rift with Britain, a cause Franklin pursued with increasing frustration in the last few years before the American Revolution. There are notable editorial innovations in the book. The appendices contain full transcripts of significant documents of the time (a first) as well as a thorough exploration of the mystery over the identity of Franklin's source for the Hutchinson letters. A practical time-line is included showing major correlative events. This work will fill a partial void in the late colonial period in American history and will deepen our understanding of the role of the American with the most extensive experience of British political and cultural sensibilities of the time.

Author : Alexander Rabinowitch
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0745322689

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The Bolsheviks Come to Power by Alexander Rabinowitch Pdf

For generations in the West, Cold War animosity blocked dispassionate accounts of the Russian Revolution. This history authoritatively restores the upheaval's primary social actors-workers, soldiers, and peasants-to their rightful place at the center of the revolutionary process.

Author : Edmund S. Morgan,Helen M. Morgan
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807899793

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The Stamp Act Crisis by Edmund S. Morgan,Helen M. Morgan Pdf

'Impressive! . . . The authors have given us a searching account of the crisis and provided some memorable portraits of officials in America impaled on the dilemma of having to enforce a measure which they themselves opposed.'--New York Times 'A brilliant contribution to the colonial field. Combining great industry, astute scholarship, and a vivid style, the authors have sought 'to recreate two years of American history.' They have succeeded admirably.'--William and Mary Quarterly 'Required reading for anyone interested in those eventful years preceding the American Revolution.'--Political Science Quarterly The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, provoked an immediate and violent response. The Stamp Act Crisis, originally published by UNC Press in 1953, identifies the issues that caused the confrontation and explores the ways in which the conflict was a prelude to the American Revolution.