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Author: Bernard Bailyn Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 030779847X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 315
Book Description
Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Bernard Bailyn brings us a book that combines portraits of American revolutionaries with a deft exploration of the ideas that moved them and still shape our society today.
Author: Bernard Bailyn Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 030779847X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 315
Book Description
Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Bernard Bailyn brings us a book that combines portraits of American revolutionaries with a deft exploration of the ideas that moved them and still shape our society today.
Author: James Krapfl Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 0801469422 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 291
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In this social and cultural history of Czechoslovakia’s “gentle revolution,” James Krapfl shifts the focus away from elites to ordinary citizens who endeavored—from the outbreak of revolution in 1989 to the demise of the Czechoslovak federation in 1992—to establish a new, democratic political culture. Unique in its balanced coverage of developments in both Czech and Slovak lands, including the Hungarian minority of southern Slovakia, this book looks beyond Prague and Bratislava to collective action in small towns, provincial factories, and collective farms. Through his broad and deep analysis of workers’ declarations, student bulletins, newspapers, film footage, and the proceedings of local administrative bodies, Krapfl contends that Czechoslovaks rejected Communism not because it was socialist, but because it was arbitrarily bureaucratic and inhumane. The restoration of a basic “humanness”—in politics and in daily relations among citizens—was the central goal of the revolution. In the strikes and demonstrations that began in the last weeks of 1989, Krapfl argues, citizens forged new symbols and a new symbolic system to reflect the humane, democratic, and nonviolent community they sought to create. Tracing the course of the revolution from early, idealistic euphoria through turns to radicalism and ultimately subversive reaction, Revolution with a Human Face finds in Czechoslovakia’s experiences lessons of both inspiration and caution for people in other countries striving to democratize their governments.
Author: Jim Tuck Publisher: ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 370
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A parallel biography of early twentieth-century revolutionaries Pancho Villa and John Reed, discussing the influences in their lifes, and looking at how the two very different men rose to a cause, crossing paths briefly in Mexico in 1913, and went on to fall at the hands of their enemies.
Author: Maureen Alice Taylor Publisher: ISBN: 9781606351826 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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This collection of images assigns faces to an un-illustrated war and tells the stories of our nation's Founding Fathers and Mothers. It is a much-needed contribution to the history of the American Revolution, the history of the early Republic, and the history of photography.
Author: Randi Reisfeld Publisher: ISBN: 9781490019444 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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During America's war for independence, ordinary people were forced to risk everything against enormous odds. Meet the leaders, rabble-rousers, visionaries, and everyday heroes who beat the odds and helped make America a land of freedom and opportunity.
Author: Bernard Bailyn
Author: Bernard Bailyn
Author: James Krapfl
Author: Jim Tuck
Author: Randi Reisfeld
Author: Maureen Alice Taylor
Author: Randi Reisfeld
Author: Michael John
Author: Fred Schwarz
Author: Michael John (pseud.)
Author: Derek Jarrett