Introduction: from revolutionary theory to revolutionary historiography: England, France, and Russia; 1. Anciens régimes; 2. Transitions: breakthroughs to revolution; 3. Revolutionary 'honeymoons'?; 4. The 'revolutionizing' of the revolutions; 5. Revolutionary climacterics; 6. Thermidor?; Conclusion: 'revolutions from below' and 'revolutions from above'.
This study aims to update a classic of comparative revolutionary analysis, Crane Brinton's 1938 study The Anatomy of Revolution.
Bailey Stone is Professor of European History and International Affairs at the University of Houston. Prior to his time at the University of Houston, he taught at Princeton University and received his PhD from Princeton University and his BA from Bowdoin College. Stone is the author of two books on judicial politics in old regime France: The Parlement of Paris, 1774–1789 and The French Parlements and the Crisis of the Old Regime. He is also the author of two books on the causes and trajectory of the French Revolution: The Genesis of the French Revolution (Cambridge, 1994) and Reinterpreting the French Revolution (Cambridge, 2002). His work has been published in many leading journals, including Eighteenth-Century Studies, French Historical Studies and the Journal of Modern History.
'Despite covering an enormous and highly contentious historiography
for these revolutions, and covering hundreds of years of history,
this book is deft, clear, and a good read. Bailey Stone is
particularly good at working with the international,
religious/nationalist, and social forces behind every twist and
turn of the detailed events. There is nothing else quite like it
for telling the story of these three major revolutions in a
comparative framework. This is an outstanding book, a worthy sequel
to Crane Brinton.' Jack A. Goldstone, Virginia E. and John T.
Hazel, Jr, Professor of Public Policy and Eminent Scholar, George
Mason University
'The Anatomy of Revolution Revisited is an ambitious effort to
chart and analyze three major revolutions that defined the meaning
of 'revolution' in the European political tradition. However, the
purpose of the book is not to evince a standard model for the
revolutionary process, nor is it to apply a ready-made one to the
three upheavals under examination. Rather, as a work of comparative
history, the book tells the 'story' of each revolution largely on
its own terms. A thoughtful, sophisticated, and illuminating
comparative study of three European revolutions that helped form
the modern world, this book is a worthy successor to Crane
Brinton's classic, Anatomy of Revolution.' Thomas Kaiser,
University of Arkansas, Little Rock
'Stone's book is a brilliant tour de force, certain to prove of
interest to many readers. Needless to say, it should have a place
in every serious university library.' Sabrina P. Ramet, Europe-Asia
Studies
'As its title suggests, this book seeks to offer a comparative
analysis of the three great revolutions in European history - the
English (1640–60), the French (1789–99), and the Russian (1917–29),
revisiting themes first explored by Crane Brinton in his Anatomy of
Revolution of 1938. … There is much to admire here, and throughout
the author makes a powerful case for the importance of comparative
history.' Tim Harris, Journal of Modern History
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