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The Anatomy of Revolution
by Brinton, Crane
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1938. Important & influential study of the pattern of political revolutions. Using the English Revolution of the 1640s, the French, Russian, & American Revolutions as case studies, Brinton discusses the types of people involved and identifies similarities in historical cycles and aftermaths, while noting differences in the American Revolution. Revised in 1952 and 1965, this is the scarce original 1938 edition. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; stated first edition (first printing). Book shows light wear, minor bumping to corners, tiny nick to head of spine; jacket chipped & lightly foxed, some edgewear including short tears & light creasing, spine a bit faded; $3.00 price present; ink name (of University of Wisconsin professor of urban planning Coleman Woodbury) scrawled across Brinton's name on the title page. Text clean; 326 pages + colophon; index, bibliographical appendix.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Small Octavo.
Synopsis
The Anatomy of Revolution is a book by Crane Brinton outlining the "uniformities" of four major political revolutions: the English Revolution of the 1640s, the American, the French, and 1917 Russian Revolution. Brinton notes how the revolutions followed a life-cycle from the Old Order to a moderate regime to a radical regime, to Thermidorian reaction.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0617
- Title
- The Anatomy of Revolution
- Author
- Brinton, Crane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Size
- Small Octavo
- Keywords
- Politics, Sociology, Modern First Editions, Radicalism, Radicals, Revolt
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Foxed
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- First Edition
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