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States and social revolutions : A comparative analysis of France, Russia and China - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 - 407p xi

Contents:
List of tables and maps;
Preface; Introduction;
1. Explaining social revolutions: alternatives to existing theories;
Part I. Causes of Social Revolutions in France, Russia and China:
2. Old-regime states in crisis;
3. Agrarian structures and peasant insurrections;
Part II. Outcomes of Social Revolutions in France, Russia and China:
4. What changed and how: a focus on state building;
5. The birth of a 'modern state edifice' in France;
6. The emergence of a dictatorial party-state in Russia;
7. The rise of a mass-mobilizing party-state in China;
Conclusion;
Notes;
Bibliography;
Index.

ISBN: 9781316423998 9781316423998

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Revolutions - Case Studies2. Revolutions - France - Soviet Union - China - History

Dewey Class. No.: 301.600000 / SKO