Revolutions, Uprisings, Rebellions

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...

Those researching the history of political democracy in Scotland will inevitably find that one name stands out from the crowd, namely that of Thoma...

'James is a titan of twentieth-century politics and culture' Sunday Times'The Black Jacobins is not only a groundbreaking historical work; it is a ...

The product of forty years of research by one of the foremost historians of Jacobitism, this book is a comprehensive revision of Professor Szechis ...

On Easter Sunday, 23 April 1916, the seven members of the Irish Republican Brotherhoods military council met to proclaim an Irish Republic with the...

With the summer of 2012 marking half a century of independence for Algeria, the Algerian War has been brought into discussions in France once more,...

The fact that the English Civil War led to the execution of King Charles I in January 1649 is well known, as is the restoration of his eldest son a...

The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 introduced new military technologies, transformed the organization of armies, and upset the continental balance ...

Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln exchanged letters at the end of the Civil War. Although they were divided by far more than the Atlantic Ocean, they a...

This classic book provides a historical overview of feminist strands among the modern revolutionary movements of Russia, China and the Third Worl...

Kristin Ross's new work on the thought and culture of the Communard uprising of 1871 resonates with the motivations and actions of contemporary pro...