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Parker, Noel, 1945-

Revolutions and history : an essay in interpretation / Noel Parker. - vii, 232 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Meanings of Revolution in Time and Space -- How Revolutions Happen -- Revolutions in Past History -- Why Revolutions Have Occurred -- The Trend in Revolutions -- Revolutions and Modernity in the Twentieth Century -- Why Revolutions Matter -- Revolutions and Historical Change: the 'Revolutionary Narrative' -- The Revolutionary Narrative in History -- The Revolutionary Narrative at the End of the Twentieth Century -- Revolutions and the Understanding of History -- Notes -- References -- Index. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. Pt. II. 5. 6. 7. App.

ISBN: 0745611362 (pbk.) 0745611354

LCCN: 99010927

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Revolutions--History
History--Philosophy

LC Class. No.: D16.9. / P2654 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 303.6409