Download or read book Revolutions 1789-1917 written by Allan Todd and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-03-19 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Allan Todd provides a lucid exploration of the main features of revolutions: the economic, social, political and ideological developments prior to the revolution, and the roles and actions of crowds, parties, women and counter-revolutionaries. Particular attention is paid to the French Revolution of 1789, and the 1848 Revolutions, the 1871 Paris Commune and the Russian Revolution of 1917.