| Description |
xvii, 716 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Arno J. Mayer revisits the two most tumultuous and influential revolutions of modern times: the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of 1917." "In his comparison of the world's two transnational revolutions, Mayer follows their unfolding - from the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Bolshevik Declaration of the Rights of the Toiling and Exploited Masses; the escalation of the initial violence into the reign of terror of 1793-95 and of 1918-21; the dismemberment of the hegemonic churches and religion of both societies; the "externalization" of the terror through the Napoleonic Wars; and its "internalization" in Soviet Russia in the form of Stalin's "Terror in One Country.""--Jacket. |
| Contents |
PART ONE CONCEPTUAL SIGNPOSTS -- 1. Revolution -- 2. Counterrevolution -- 3. Violence -- 4. Terror -- 5. Vengeance -- 6. Religion -- PART TWO CRESCENDO OF VIOLENCE -- 7. The Return of Vengeance: Terror in France, 1789-95 -- 8. In the Eye of a "Time of Troubles": Terror in Russia, 1917-21 -- PART THREE METROPOLITAN CONDESCENSION AND RURAL DISTRUST -- 9. Peasant War in France: The Vendee -- 10. Peasant War in Russia: Ukraine and Tambov -- PART FOUR THE SACRED CONTESTED -- 11. Engaging the Gallican Church and the Vatican -- 12. Engaging the Russian Orthodox Church -- 13. Perils of Emancipation: Protestants and Jews in the Revolutionary Whirlwind -- PART FIVE A WORLD UNHINGED -- 14. Externalization of the French Revolution: The Napoleonic Wars -- 15. Internalization of the Russian Revolution: Terror in One Country. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Dr. James H. Poivan, Professor of History, Emeritus. |
| Subject |
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence.
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Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Influence.
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Political violence -- France.
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Political violence. |
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France. |
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Political violence -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union. |
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France -- History -- Reign of Terror, 1793-1794.
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Terror -- Soviet Union.
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Terror. |
| ISBN |
0691048975 cl alkaline paper |
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9780691048970 cl alkaline paper |
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0691090157 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780691090153 paperback alkaline paper |
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