Reinterpreting Revolution in Twentieth Century Europe

by Donald, Moira; Rees, Tim

• ISBN13: 9780312236236
• ISBN10: 0312236239
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-08
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In this volume, leading specialists from a variety of disciplines examine the changing and conflicted meanings of revolution in modern and contemporary Europe. The opening and closing contributions provide overviews on the nature of revolutionary change, on the legacy of the 19th century for the 20th, and on the place of 20th century Europe in a global context of revolution. Other essays provide a series of case studies of radical political change. The intention is to take a fresh look at the apparently familiar, to rediscover the forgotten and to test the boundaries of what revolution was in the 20th century.

Author Biography

Moira Donald is Senior Lecturer in History and Tim Rees is Lecturer in History, both at the University of Exeter.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
The Dynamics and Meaning of Revolution in Twentieth-Century Europe	1	(18)
Tim Rees
Moira Donald
Chasing Rainbows: the Nineteenth-Century Revolutionary Legacy	19	(22)
Pamela Pilbeam
Russia 1905: the Forgotten Revolution	41	(14)
Moira Donald
The Parting of Ways: Comparing the Russian Revolutions of 1917 and 1991	55	(18)
Edward Acton
Stalin's Great Turn: a Revolution without Footsoldiers?	73	(17)
Catherine Merridale
The Nazi Revolution	90	(23)
Jeremy Noakes
Battleground of the Revolutionaries: the Republic and the Civil War in Spain, 1931--39	113	(27)
Tim Rees
Yet Another Failed German Revolution? The German Democratic Republic, 1989--90	140	(19)
Jonathan Osmond
The Age of Paradox: the Anti-revolutionary Revolutions of 1989--91	159	(18)
Richard Sakwa
The Revolutionary Idea in the Twentieth-Century World	177	(21)
Krishan Kumar
Notes and References	198	(31)
Notes on Contributors	229	(2)
Index	231