Revolutions, Uprisings, Rebellions

The emerging literature on the so-called Arab Spring has largely focused on the evolution of the uprisings in cities and power centres. In order to...

As the official architects of Napoleon, Charles Percier (17641838) and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (17621853) designed interiors that responde...

As one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party, Li Dazhao (18891927) was a key figure in China's transition from empire to republic, from tr...

The book is an intellectual analysis of the political ideas of English radical thinker Thomas Spence (17501814), who was renowned for his Plan, a p...

The story of a poor man and radical activist who fought to revive the French Revolution, and whose failure heralded the republics defeat  Very much...

The story of the English Civil War battle, told from the perspective of the people who witnessed it Soldiers and spies, children and animals. A to...

In 136 BC, in Sicily (which was then a Roman province), some four hundred slaves of Syrian origin rebelled against their masters and seized the cit...

Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries is a new oral history of the loyalist backlash of the early 1970s in Northern Ireland. In the violent maelstrom of ...

Welcome to Nowhere. Im going to share with you how I got here And what here actually means to me. In this intricate and playful solo show, inspire...

Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams...

One of the best analyses of the impact of Tiananmen throughout China in the years since 1989. --The New York Times Book Review On June 4, 1989, Pe...

What does it mean to be an American? The story of the African American past demonstrates the difficulty of answering this seemingly simple question...

This book offers a ten-year perspective on ongoing and evolving practices of digital activism across the Middle East and North Africa, drawing on i...

The Velvet Revolution in November 1989 brought about the collapse of the authoritarian communist regime in what was then Czechoslovakia, marking th...

Shanghai's January Revolution was a highly visible and, by all accounts, crucially important event in China's Cultural Revolution. Its occurrence, ...

The siege of London on 12-14 May 1471 is a largely forgotten episode in the Wars of the Roses, but its implications were far-reaching in that it se...

Among the most influential political and social forces of the twentieth century, modern communism rests firmly on philosophical, political, and eco...