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  • Caribbean Slave Revolts and the British Abolitionist Movement
    Gelien Matthews
    In this illuminating study, Gelien Matthews demonstrates how slave rebellions in the British West Indies influenced the tactics of abolitionists in England and how the rhetoric and actions of the abolitionists emboldened slaves. Moving between the world of the British Parliament and the realm of Caribbean plantations, Matthews reveals a transatlantic dialectic of antislavery ag...
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    38,24 €

  • Communism
    The Friends of 4 Million Young Workers / A. Jinha Song
    'Our strategy can be expressed as such: Less hot air, less spectacle, but let the working class use the numerous means that it has at its disposal so as to command respect and set the future in motion. A little less solemn dissent and a few more smug and sneering smiles.'Un monde sans argent: Le communisme was a series of tracts by Les amis de 4 millions jeunes travailleurs, an...
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    11,67 €

  • Viyyukka - The Morning Star
    Anuradha Bellapu
    Viyyukka: The Morning Star is a rare and compelling anthology of stories written in Telugu over four decades by nearly fifty Maoist women revolutionaries in India. The title, Viyyukka, is a Gondi word meaning morning star. This collection is unique because these narratives are not traditional fiction; they are 'lived experiences written from within the movement' while the autho...
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    15,52 €

  • A Diary of the Russian Revolution
    JR. JAMES L. HOUGHTELING
    'When an astonishing revolution toppled the Russian autocracy early in 1917, James L. Houghteling Jr., a special attaché to the US embassy in Russia, was one of the very few Americans present who daily recorded the striking events he witnessed and the comments he heard from both Russian and foreign observers. The diary of the thirty-three-year-old Chicago native therefore provi...
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    43,30 €

  • Spring Revolution in Myanmar
    Nandita Haksar
    Myanmar is synonymous with ethnic conflicts, brutal military repression and insurgencies. The ongoing civil war against the junta has been described as the longest and one of the most violent conflicts in the world today with a growing humanitarian crisis. This book celebrates the spirit of defiance, resilience and enormous courage of the Burmese people in the face of the milit...
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    15,77 €

  • Nationalism and Revolution in Europe, 1763-1848
    Dean Kostantaras
    Addresses enduring historiographical problems concerning the appearance of the first national movements in Europe and their role in the crises associated with the Age of Revolution. ...
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    82,61 €

  • The Candle and the Guillotine
    Julie Patricia Johnson
    As in a number of France’s major cities, civil war erupted in Lyon in the summer of 1793, ultimately leading to a siege of the city and a wave of mass executions. Using Lyon as a lens for understanding the politics of revolutionary France, this book reveals the widespread enthusiasm for judicial change in Lyon at the time of the Revolution, as well as the conflicts that ensued ...
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    47,28 €

  • Revolutionary Movements in Latin America since 1910
    Anna Clayfield
    Revolutionary Movements in Latin America since 1910 offers a clear introduction to some of the key revolutionary moments that have occurred across Latin America since the beginning of the twentieth century. ...
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    77,44 €

  • Through the Russian Revolution
    Albert Rhys Williams
    Through the Russian Revolution by Albert Rhys-Williams, a Congregationalist pastor turned labor organiser and journalist, offers readers a first-hand account of the exciting and confusing events of the Russian revolution from June 1917 to August 1918. Williams, a lifelong defender of the Soviet system, documented his first adventure in Russia at its most chaotic moments. There ...
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    42,65 €

  • Knowlton’s Rangers 1776 in the American Revolution
    D Case Phillips
    Knowlton’s Rangers, formed in Sept 1776, was the first official reconnaissance unit of the United States. Arranged in diary format, this book is filled with transcriptions of the letters, diaries, memoirs, newspaper reports and pension applications of the men of that unit and those that fought alongside them, transporting you to a poignant description of their experiences. ...
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    26,09 €

  • The Devil Lives in Haiti
    Bennett Blunt
    This book explores the reversal of the French colony of Saint-Domingue, from the richest plantation colony in the world (roughly 1700-1791) to the poorest country in the Americas (modern-day). A profitable plantation economy based on coffee and sugar was disastrously abandoned by the new Republic of 1805 in favor of peasant agriculture. The resulting isolation from the world ma...
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    35,76 €

  • Guerrilla Warfare
    Ernesto Che Guevara
    Guerrilla Warfare by Che Guevara is a foundational text on revolutionary strategy and tactics, written by one of the most iconic figures of 20th-century insurgency. Based on Guevara’s pivotal role in the Cuban Revolution, this book serves as both a practical manual and a philosophical treatise on the art of guerrilla fighting. It outlines the necessary conditions for a successf...
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    8,28 €

  • La guerra de Tejas
    José Juan Sánchez Navarro
    Un testimonio olvidado, rescatado del pasado. Este libro reproduce fielmente un documento histórico escrito por un soldado mexicano que participó en la guerra de Tejas y fue testigo directo de la célebre batalla de El Álamo. Su narración, tan sobria como conmovedora, muestra la crudeza del combate, el desconcierto de los hombres y la verdad que rara vez se contó. Reeditado y tr...
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    10,56 €

  • Le n Trotski
    Leon Trotski
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    42,06 €

  • The Armenian Social Democrat Hnchakian Party
    Bedross Der Matossian
    This book, based on new research, sheds light on the history of the Social Democrat Hnchakian Party, a major Armenian revolutionary party that operated in the Ottoman Empire, Russia, Persia and throughout the global Armenian diaspora. Divided into sections which cover the origins, ideology, and regional history of the SDHP, the book situates the history of the Hnchaks within de...
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    50,88 €

  • Miguel Mármol
    Roque Dalton
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    39,25 €

  • The Classics of Marxism
    Karl Marx / Leon Trotsky / Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
    'Workers of the world, unite!'For many decades, Marxism was declared to be dead. However, as the crisis of capitalism deepens, events are proving every day the vitality and correctness of these ideas. Scientific Socialism, as developed by Marx and Engels, and later on by Lenin and Trotsky, stands alone in offering an explanation to the impasse facing humanity, as well as the wa...
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    14,00 €

  • Performance art and revolution
    Sanja Perovic
    Stuart Brisley is a pioneering multi-media and performance artist who developed performance art as a form of social action in the 1960s and 1970s. This book assesses his seminal influence on British art through a focus on his lifelong engagement with the histories and imaginaries of revolution.Linking revolutionary history with material from a critical dialogue established with...
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    44,25 €

  • Republican passions
    Susan K. Foley
    Republican passions demonstrates the crucial role of family and friendship networks in the creation of the French Third Republic. Based on the family archives of Léon Laurent-Pichat, journalist, Deputy and Life Senator, this study paints a rich picture of republican intimacy, sociability and political activity during the Second Empire and early Third Republic. It explores repub...
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    43,90 €

  • One Day We Are Going Home
    Holly McGee
    Puncturing the heart of Apartheid South Africa - the story of an extraordinary woman, mother, and activist.  In 1959, a South African Native Commissioner under police escort travelled to Paarl, a small, multi-racial community outside Cape Town to present banning orders to Elizabeth Mafeking—a recognized African women’s leader and trade union president. The directive instructed ...
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    25,76 €

  • Live Free Or Die
    William R. Baker Jr
    Live Free or Die: The Life and Times Of John Stark is the story of how the American Revolution’s best battlefield commander triumphed over the self-interest of others to play a major role in securing victory for the new republic.Most often referred to as the 'Hero of the Battle of Bennington,' John Stark also played pivotal roles in the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Battle of T...
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    30,36 €

  • Class War or Race War
    Tamás Kende
    Class War or Race War is more than an anti-thesis of the master-narrative regarding the Soviet state antisemitism. Kende not only refutes the originally anti-Communist myth of the systemic nature of (state) socialism, but tries to re-, and deconstruct the origins of this myth. ...
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    82,94 €

  • Sendero Luminoso y Los Hacedores de Paz
    David Miller
    La violencia que sufre la gente inocente en lugares como Ucrania, Sudán, Congo y el Medio Oriente nos rompe el corazón. Hace años, personas inocentes en Perú sufrieron una tragedia similar y vivieron para ver un día mejor. La suya es una historia de cómo el bien venció al mal.La sangrienta guerra de Sendero Luminoso azotaba Perú y dominó los titulares internacionales durante ca...
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    8,99 €

  • Pedine nel gioco
    William Guy Carr
    Ecco una storia VERA di intrighi internazionali, romanzi, corruzione, imbrogli e omicidi politici, come non è mai stata scritta prima. È la storia di come diversi gruppi di uomini atei e materialisti hanno giocato in un torneo internazionale di scacchi per decidere quale gruppo avrebbe ottenuto il controllo finale della ricchezza, delle risorse naturali e del potere umano in tu...
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    27,28 €

  • The Political Psychology of Social Unrest in Latin America
    The Political Psychology of Social Unrest in Latin America is a unique collection of research and writings by Latin American scholars. It explores the social, psychological, and political factors of the recent turmoil in Latin American countries. ...
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    83,99 €

  • My People Shall Live, The Autobiography of a Revolutionary
    George Hajjar / Leila Khaled
    The classic autobiography of a revolutionary! Hear of Leila’s childhood in Palestine, her radicalization after the oppression of her people by the zionist entity, her political growth to become a member of the PFLP and her exciting tale of plane hijacking.This is THE book on Leila Khaled, out of print for years and being sold at ridiculous prices, this is being republished simp...
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    26,19 €

  • The Silver Greys
    James Michael Schultz
    This is a true story of American Revolutionary History that has never been written about. To this day, more needs to be uncovered about this Special Civilian-Military Unit, and very little is known about them or put into proper context before the publishing of this book. One can conclude, however, that there is no epic story of heroism, or fame, nor of military intrigue, or of...
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    19,74 €

  • Herzegovina; Or,
    George Arbuthnot
    'Herzegovina: Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels' by George Arbuthnot offers a compelling historical account of a turbulent period in the Balkans. Delve into the intricate dynamics between the Ottoman Empire and the Christian rebels in Herzegovina, a region fraught with conflict and political intrigue. This meticulously researched work explores the historical events surrou...
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    21,10 €

  • French Early Socialists 1790s-1870s
    Pamela Pilbeam
    This new edition is an updated assessment of the ideas and strategies of early French socialists, incorporating recent research observing the practical and scientific nature of their proposals. ...
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    77,07 €

  • The Writings Of Thomas Paine Volume II Rights Of Man
    Thomas Paine
    The Writings Of Thomas Paine Volume II Rights Of Man is a seminal work by Thomas Paine that advocates for human rights, democracy, and social justice. Paine argues against the inherent inequalities of monarchy and inherited power, advocating for a government based on popular sovereignty and the rights of individuals. In this volume, Paine discusses the rights of citizens to cha...
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    14,39 €