Revolutions is a unique collection of rare photographs documenting some of the most important revolutionary upheavals, from the 1871 Paris Commune to the Zapatista rebellion of the 1990s.
The photographs collected in this unique book provide a startling visual documentation of seminal revolutionary events, from the Paris Commune of 1871 through to a series of 'Unfinished Revolutions' from May 1968 in France to the Zapatista uprising in the mid-1990s. The immediacy of the images tells the story of these struggles in a way that texts rarely can, with revolutions appearing as complex and messy events driven by the actions of real, breathing humans who make their own history. Commentary on the images is provided by leading historians Gilbert Achcar, Enzo Traverso, Janette Habel, and Pierre Rousset, and Michael Loewy. This edition includes a new afterword by the author.
By:
Michael Lwy
Imprint: Haymarket Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 228mm,
Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781642591606
ISBN 10: 1642591602
Pages: 550
Publication Date: 08 February 2021
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
The Paris Commune, 1871 The Russian Revolution, 1905 The Russian Revolution, 1917 The Hungarian Revolution, 1919 The German Revolution, 1918-1919 The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 The Chinese Revolutions, 1911 & 1949 The Spanish Civil War, 1936 The Cuban Revolution, 1953-1967 Unfinished History Postscript to the Brazilian Edition: Brazilian Revolutions?
Michael Lwy is emeritus research director at the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) in Paris, France. His books, ;On Changing the World and the Politics of Combined and Uneven Development; have been translated into twenty-nine languages.
Reviews for Revolutions
Revolutions is a major contribution to our understanding of the principal social movements which shape our modern world. It brings us closer to the participants of history, it provides imagery beautiful and haunting, inspiring and brutal. It binds together the unknown agents of history, the ordinary people achieving the extraordinary, and the immortalised heroes of revolutionary movements. -Aidan Ratchford, Marx & Philosophy Review of Books
