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1、RevolutionsinWorldHistoryRevolutionshavebeenapartofpoliticsforcenturies.Theirideologies,theirleaders,andtheirsuccessesorfailureshaveshapedthehistoryofnationsworldwide.Thiscomparativesurveyfocusesonfivemajorcasestudies,beginningwiththeEnglishrevolutionsintheseventeenthcentury,andcontinu
2、ingwiththeMexican,Russian,Vietnamese,andIranianrevolutions.RevolutionsinWorldHistorytracestheorigins,developments,andoutcomesoftheserevolutions,providinganunderstandingoftherevolutionarytraditioninaglobalcontext.Thestudyraisesquestionsaboutmotivationsandideologies.Inparticular,itexamin
3、estheeffectivenessoftheserevolutions—andrevolutionasaconcept—inbringingaboutlastingpoliticalchanges.MichaelD.RichardsisSamfordProfessorofHistoryatSweetBriarCollege,Virginia.HispreviouspublicationsincludeTwentiethCenturyEurope:ABriefHistoryandEurope,1900–1980,andhewritesonoccasionforthe
4、HistoryNewsService.ThemesinWorldHistorySerieseditor:PeterN.StearnsTheThemesinWorldHistoryseriesoffersfocusedtreatmentofarangeofhumanexperiencesandinstitutionsintheworldhistorycontext.Thepurposeistoprovideserious,ifbrief,discussionsofimportanttopicsasadditionstotextbookcoverageanddocume
5、ntcollections.Thetreatmentswillallowstudentstoprobeparticularfacetsofthehumanstoryingreaterdepththantextbookcoverageallows,andtogainafullersenseofhistorians’analyticalmethodsanddebatesintheprocess.Eachtopicishandledovertime—allowingdiscussionsofchangesandcontinuities.Eachtopicisassesse
6、dintermsofarangeofdifferentsocietiesandreligions—allowingcomparisonsofrelevantsimilaritiesanddifferences.Eachbookintheserieshelpsreadersdealwithworldhistoryinaction,evaluatingglobalcontextsastheyworkthroughsomeofthekeycomponentsofhumansocietyandhumanlife.GenderinWorldHistoryPeterN.Stea
7、rnsConsumerisminWorldHistoryPeterN.StearnsWarfareinWorldHistoryMichaelS.NeibergDiseaseandMedicineinWorldHistorySheldonWattsWesternCivilizationinWorldHistoryPeterN.StearnsTheIndianOceaninWorldHistoryMiloKearneyAsianDemocracyinWorldHistoryAlanT.WoodRevolutionsinWorldHistoryMichaelD.Ric
