1st Edition

The Encyclopedia of Political Revolutions

By Jack A. Goldstone Copyright 1998

    The Encyclopedia of Political Revolutions is an important reference work that describes revolutionary events that have affected and often changed the course of history.

    Suitable for students and interested lay readers yet authoritative enough for scholars, its 200 articles by leading scholars from around the world provide quick answers to specific questions as well as in-depth treatment of events and trends accompanying revolutions. Includes descriptions of specific revolutions, important revolutionary figures, and major revolutionary themes such as communism and socialism, ideology, and nationalism. Illustrative material consists of photographs, detailed maps, and a timeline of revolutions.

    A: A; Adams, John; Adams, Samuel; Afghan Revolution (1978–1995); Albanian Anticommunist Revolution (1990–1992); Algerian Islamic Revolt (1992–); Algerian Revolution (1954–1962); American (U.S.) Revolution (1776–1789); Anabaptism; Anarchism; Angolan Revolution (1974–1996); Anthony, Susan B.; Arab “Great Revolt” (1916–1918); Armed Forces; Art and Representation; Atatürk, Kemal; B: B; Babi Revolts (1844–1852); Baltic Revolutions of 1991; Bangladeshi War of Independence (1971); Belgian Revolutions (1789–1830); Benin Revolutions (1963–1996); Biko, Stephen; Bohemian Revolt (1618–1648); Bolívar, Simón; Bolivian National Revolution (1952); Bourgeoisie; British Civil Wars and Revolution (1638–1660); British “Glorious Revolution” (1688–1689); British Jacobite Rebellions (1715–1745); British Reform and Emancipation Movement (1820–1833); Bulgarian Anticommunist Revolution (1989–1997); Buonarroti, Filippo Michele; Bureaucracy; Burke, Edmund; Burmese Democratization Movement (1988–); Burmese Independence Movement (1930S-1948); Burundi Civil Wars (1993–); C: C; Cabral, Amílcar; Cambodian Khmer Rouge Revolution (1967–1979); Capitalism; Castro, Fidel; Chiang Kai-Shek; Chilean Socialist Movement and Counterrevolution (1970–1978); Chinese Boxer Uprising (1898–1900); Chinese Communist Revolution (1921–1949); Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966–1969); Chinese Late Ming Revolts (1620–1644); Chinese May Fourth Movement (1919); Chinese May Thirtieth Movement (1925); Chinese Muslim Rebellions (1856–1878); Chinese Nationalist Revolution (1919–1927); Chinese Republican Revolution (1911); Chinese Sectarian and Secret Society Revolts (1644–); Chinese Taiping Rebellion (1851–1864); Chinese Tiananmen Uprising (1989); Chinese Triad Society Rebellions (18TH–20TH Centuries); Chinese White Lotus Rebellions (18th–20th Centuries); Civil Wars; Class; Colombia's “La Violencia” (1948–1964); Colonialism and Anticolonialism; Communism; Congolese/Zairian Upheavals (1960–); Constitutions; Costa Rican Revolution (1948); Counterrevolution; Coup D'État; Cromwell, Oliver; Cuban Revolution (1956–1970); Cycles, Waves, and Diffusion; Czechoslovak “Prague Spring” (1968); Czechoslovak “Velvet Revolution” and “Divorce” (1989–1993); D: D; Democracy; Deng Xiaoping; Dictatorship; Dutch Revolutions (1780–1800); E: E; East European Revolutions of 1989; East German Revolution and Unification (1989–1990); East Timorese Independence Movement (1975–); Economic Development; Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Movement (1928–); Egyptian Revolts (1881–1919); Egyptian Revolution (1952); Elites; English Rett's Rebellion (1549); Eritrean Revolution (1962–1991); Ethiopian Revolution (1974–1991); Ethnic Conflict; European Revolutions of 1820; European Revolutions of 1830; European Revolutions of 1848; F: F; Fanon, Frantz Omar; Films and Video Documentaries; Franklin, Benjamin; French Frondes (1648–1653); French Peasant Revolts (1594–1648); French Revolution (1789–1815); French Student Revolt (1968); French Wars of Religion (1562–1598); G: G; Gandhi, Mahatma; Garibaldi, Giuseppe; Gender; German Nazi Revolution (1933–1945); German Peasant War (1524–1526); German Revolution (1918); Ghanaian Independence Movement (1946–1957); Gorbachev, Mikhail; Gramsci, Antonio; Greekwar of Liberation (1821–1832); Grenada “New Jewel” Revolution (1979–1983); Guatemalan Revolution (1944–1954); Guerrilla Warfare; Guevara, Ernesto “Che”; Guinea-Bissau Independence Revolt (1962–1974); Guinean Independence Movement (1958); H: H; Haitian Democratic Revolution (1986–1996); Haitian Revolution of Independence (1791–1804); Havel, Václav; Henry, Patrick; Hitler, Adolf; Ho Chi Minh; Hong Xiuquan; Hungarian Anticommunist Revolution (1989); Hungarian Revolutions (1918–1919); Hungarian Revolution (1956); I: I; Ideology; Indian “Great Mutiny” (1857–1859); Indian Independence Movement (1885–1947); Indian Regional Revolts (1947–); Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1950); Indonesian Upheaval (1965–1966); Inequality; Injustice; Intellectuals; Iranian Constitutional Revolution (1906); Iranian Islamic Revolution (1979); Iraqi Revolution (1958); Irish Revolt in Northern Ireland (1969–); Irish Revolts (1790S-1900); Irish Revolution (1916–1923); Islamic Anticolonial Revolts of the 19th Century; Islamic Fundamentalism; Islamic Precolonial Revolts of the 18th and 19th Centuries; Israeli Independence Revolt (1946–1948); Italian City-State Revolutions of the Renaissance (1494–1534); Italian Fascist Revolution (1919–1945); Italian Risorgimento (1789–1870); J: J; Japanese meiji restoration (1868); Japanese Tokugawa Shogun Ascendancy (1598–1615); Jefferson, Thomas; Jinnah, Mohammad Ali; Juarez, Benito; K: K; Kenyan Mau Mau Movement (1952–1960); Kenyatta, Jomo; Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah; Kim Il Sung; King, Martin Luther, Jr.; Korean Civil War (1950–1953); Korean Democracy Movement (1960–1998); Korean Rebellions of 1812 and 1862; Korean Tonghak Rebellion (1894); Kurdish Revolts (1958–); L: L; Lafayette, Gilbert Du Motier De; Latin American and Caribbean Slave Revolts (1521–1888); Latin American Popular and Guerrilla Revolts (Independence to 1959); Latin American Popular and Guerrilla Revolts (1960–1996); Latin American Revolts Under Colonial Rule (1571–1898); Latin American Revolutions for Independence (1808–1898); Leadership; Lechín Oquendo, Juan; Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich; Liberalism; Liberation Theology; Libyan Revolution (1969); Literature; Locke, John; L'ouverture, François-Dominique Toussaint; Lumumba, Patrice; Luther, Martin; Luxemburg, Rosa; M: M; Madagascar (Malagasy) War of Independence(1947); Madison, James; Malayan Communist Insurgency (1948–1960); Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla; Mao Zedong; Marat, Jean-Paul; Martí, José; Marx, Karl, and Friedrich Engels; Media and Communications; Menchú Tum, Rigoberta; Mexican Revolution (1910–1940); Millenarianism; Mosaddeq, Mohammad; Mozambican Revolution (1974–1994); Mugabe, Robert Gabriel; Music; Mussolini, Benito; N: N; Nasser, Gamal Abdel; Nationalism; Nehru, Jawaharlal; Netherlands Revolt (1566–1609); Nicaraguan Revolution (1979); Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970); Nkrumah, Kwame; Nyerere, Julius Kambarage; O: O; Omani Rebellions (1955–1975); Orwell, George; Ottoman Jelali and Janissary Revolts (1566–1826); Ottoman Revolts in the Near and Middle East (1803–1922); P: P; Paine, Thomas; Pakistani Independence Movement (1940–1947); Palestinian Anticolonial Revolt (1936–1939); Palestinian “Intifada” Revolt (1987–1996); Paris Commune (1871); Parties; Peasants; Peruvian “Revolution from above” (1968–1975); Peruvian “Shining Path” Revolt (1980-); Philippine Huk and New People's Army Rebellions; Philippine Independence Wars (1872–1910); Philippine “People Power” Revolution (1986); Polish Protest Movements and Solidarity Revolution (1956–1991); Population; Portuguese Revolution (1974); Propaganda; R: R; Race; Radicalism; Rationality; Rebellion and Revolt; Reform; Religion; Republics; Rights; Robespierre, Maximilien; Romanian Revolution (1989); Rousseau, Jean-Jacques; Russian Decembrist Revolt (1825); Russian Revolution of 1905; Russian Revolution of 1917; Russian-Ukrainian Cossack and Peasant Revolts (1606–1775); Rwandan Civil Wars (1959–1994); S: S; San Martín, José Francisco De; Sandino, Augusto CéSar; Saudi Arabian Wahhabi Movement (1744–); Scottish Revolution (1559–1568); Socialism; Sorel, Georges; South African Antiapartheid Revolts and Reform (1948–1994); Spanish Civil War (1936–1939); Spanish Comuneros Revolt (1520–1521); Spanish Conquest, Aztec and Inca Revolts in the Era of (1500–1571); Spanish Struggles Against Revolutionary Movements in Southern Europe (1640–1668); Spanish War of Independence (1808–1813); Sri Lankan (Tamil) Revolt and Civil War (1977–); Stalinjoseph; States; Student Protests and Youth Movements; Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972; 1982–); Sudanese Mahdiyya (1881–1898); Sukarno; Sunyat-Sen; Swedish Royal Revolution (1523); Symbolism, Ritualism, and Dress; Syrian Revolution (1963); T: T; Terrorism; Thai Revolution (1932); Tibetan Revolt (1959); Tito, Josip Broz; Tocqueville, Alexis De; Trotsky, Leon; Turkish Revolution (1908–1922); Tyranny; U: U; Ussr Collapse and Dissolution (1989–1991); Us. Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968); U.S. Civil War (1861–1865); U.S. Labor Revolts (1890–1932); U.S. Preindependence and Pre-Civil War Rebellions (1675–1850); U.S. Rural Post-Civil War Rebellions (1865–1940); U.S. Slave Revolts (1776–1865); V: V; Venezuelan Democratic Revolution (1945–1958); Vietnamese Revolution (1945–1975); Violence; W: W; Walesa, Lech; War; Washington, George; William of Orange (King William IlI of England); William the Silent; Woman's Rights Movement; Workers; Y: Y; Yemeni Revolutions (1962–1990); Yugoslav Communist Collapse and Dissolution (1987–1992); Yugoslav Partisans and Communist Revolution (1941–1948); Z: Z; Zanzibar Revolution (1964); Zapata, Emiliano; Zimbabwe Revolt and Reform (1966–1980)

    Biography

    Jack A. Goldstone