A Palmer, R. R. (Robert Roswell) 1909-2002 creator Colton, Joel 1918-2011 text bibliography nyu New York McGraw-Hill �1995 1995 8th ed. monographic eng

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xvi, 1259 p : ill (some color), color maps ; 26 cm The extraordinary events of the last few years have made this eighth edition come sooner than usual after its predecessor. It is of course too early to assess the magnitude and consequences of what has happened, but we have done much new writing, rewriting, rewording, and rearrangement to present the upheavals in Eastern Europe, the disintegration fo the former Soviet Union, the reunification of Germany, the end of the Cold War, the Islamic fundamentalist movement, changes in latin america, and much else. Plebeian uprisings in France preceding the Fronde, 1623-1648 / by B.F. Porshnev -- The English Revolution, 1640-1660 / by Perez Zagorin -- The English Revolution and the brotherhood of man / by Christopher Hill -- Emergence of the concept of revolution / by Karl Griewank -- The world revolution of the West, 1763-1801 / by R.R. Palmer -- The French Revolution in the context of world history / by Georges Lefebvre -- The revolution of 1848 / by Henri Brunschwig -- Russia and 1848 / by Isaiah Berlin -- The background of the Russian Revolution / by E.H. Carr -- The Bolsheviks and their rivals / by Leonard Schapiro -- The Russian Revolution runs its course / by Robert V. Daniels. R.R. Palmer, Joel Colton. Includes bibliographical references (pages 1106-1225) and index. History, Modern Histoire moderne et contemporaine History, Modern Wereldgeschiedenis D209 .P18 0070408262 94014758 DLC 940323 20240425090013.0 ocm30154745 eng