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Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York
Date Published: 1965
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Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York
Date Published: 1965
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U. S. A.
Date Published: 1965
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Description: 300pp + viii index pp. paperback: Very Good [covers are age darkened; else VG] A classic by the American historian Brinton (1898-1968), originally published in 1938. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 1965
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Edition: Revised Edition, Stated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, NY
Date Published: 1952
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Description: Vintage Books, 1965, paperback, history of the English, American, French and Russian revolutions, nice copy but many words and sentences underlined, some highlighted in yellow, otherwise about VG. read more
CONDITIONS WHICH SEEM TO BE PRESENT AS CAUSES OF MAJOR REVOLUTIONS:
1. People from all social classes are discontented. 2. People feel restless and held down by unacceptable restrictions in society, religion, the economy or the government. 3. People are hopeful about the future, but they are being forced to accept less than they had hoped for. 4. People are beginning to think of themselves as belonging to a social class, and there is a growing bitterness between social classes. 5. The social classes closest to one another are the most hostile. 6. The scholars and thinkers give up on the way their society operates. 7. The government does not respond to the needs of its society. 8. The leaders of the government and the ruling class begin to doubt themselves. Some join with the opposition groups. 9. The government is unable to get enough support from any group to save itself. 10. The government cannot organize its finances correctly and is either going bankrupt or trying to tax heavily and unjustly.
THE COURSE THAT REVOLUTIONS SEEM TO TAKE:
1. Impossible demands made of government which, if granted, would mean its end. 2. Unsuccessful government attempts to suppress revolutionaries. 3. Revolutionaries gain power and seem united. 4. Once in power, revolutionaries begin to quarrel among themselves, and unity begins to dissolve. 5. The moderates gain the leadership but fail to satisfy those who insist on further changes. 6. Power is gained by progressively more radical groups until finally a lunatic fringe gains almost complete control. 7. A strong man emerges and assumes great power. 8. The extremists try to create a "heaven on earth" by introducing their whole program and by punishing all their opponents. 9. A period of terror occurs. 10. Moderate groups regain power. The revolution is over.
Above is general course of events regardless which revolution with main precept being the lack of a strong middle class which acts as a buffer - if majority of people have jobs and live decent they typically will not act/revolt."
"A really excellent look into four "democratic" revolutions: the English, American, French, and Russian ~ a pretty ambitious attempt (from I believe a really balanced POV) to discern the recurring traits of revolution (e.g. their tendency towards greater radicalization, from Right to Center to Left, stopping short only of the most extreme or lunatic fringe; their periods of crisis or Terror; and the reactionary period, or Thermidor, following the Terror).
For one who is so detail-loving like me, and so focused right now on the French Rev, "Anatomy" was actually zooming out a bit far at the moment, but perhaps those larger brush-strokes aren't painted often enough, and it adds a lot to back away and get the bigger picture."
"Dense as hell but thoroughly enlightening. The title and cover lend to the image of it being idealistic or politically weighted, but it's really straight-up academia."
"Very enlightening read. This is definitely not for members of the Cult of Che, as it in no way appeals to emotionalism or calls for any upheavals of any kind. Rather, this is a serious look at revolutions throughout history and what conditions existed that brought them about. The author contends that, contrary to conventional wisdom, revolutions do not generally occur when conditions in a given state are at their worst. Rather, they occur when conditions improve and then suddenly regress. The people, who had until that point been satisfied with the, most likely meager, progress, revolt fearing that they will lose that which they have gained. I remember my professor in college commenting on that phenomenon in class. He pointed out that the most oppressed are usually spending so much time trying to make ends meet that they do not have the time to think about things like overthrowing the state. Only when your belly is full can you take time to talk about nonsense like dialectical materialism."
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