Revolutions and RevolutionariesViolent political upheavals have occurred as long as there have been political communities. But, in Europe, only since the French revolution have they sought not merely to change the rulers but to transform the entire social and political system. One of A.J.P. Taylor's themes in this generously illustrated book, based on his 1978 television lectures, is that revolutions and revolutionaries do not always coincide: those who start them often do so unintentionally, while revolutionaries tend to be most active in periods of counter-revolution. In his lively and combative style the author traces the line of development of the revolutionary tradition from 1789 through Chartism, the social and national upheavals of 1848, the 'revolutionaries without a revolution' of the following sixty years - Marx, Engels, Bakunin, and others - to the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917. |
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Illustrations | 6 |
Preface | 13 |
The Revolution that Never Was | 39 |
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24 February achieved army August Austria Austrian Empire Bakunin Barbès barricades Bastille BBCHPL became Blanqui Bohemia called Captain Swing central European revolutions Chartist claimed Communist constitution Convention Czech Danton defeat democracy dictatorship echo elected Emperor Ferdinand England establish Europe exile Feargus O'Connor Frankfurt Frankfurt parliament French monarchy French revolution Georges Jacques Danton German liberals German revolution Habsburg Hungarian Hungary idea industrial workers international revolution Italian Italy Jacobins John Frost Karl Marx Kerensky Kossuth labourers Lamartine land later leaders Lenin Louis Blanc Louis Capet Louis XVI Mansell Marx and Engels Marx's massacre masses Mazzini ment Napoleon National Assembly national workshops never nineteenth century Novosti overthrow Paris Commune Parisian workers party peasants Petrograd Photo political prison proclaimed proletariat provisional government radicals railways represented revolutions of 1848 Rights rival Robespierre Roger-Viollet Russia Russian revolution Saint-Just social democrats socialist Soviets Stalin tion tionary Tocqueville Trafalgar Square Trotsky tsar twentieth century universal suffrage