HIST 342 Comparative Revolutions
Are there patterns to political revolutions? This class will examine a number of revolutions in sequence: medieval revolts, the English Civil War, and the string of early modern and modern revolutions that began in the late eighteenth century, with particular focus on the: American, French, Haitian, 1848, Mexican, Russian, and Chinese revolutions. We will also consider, in relationship to political revolutions, some of the assorted other social and cultural phenomena that have been termed revolutions: including the agricultural, scientific, commercial, industrial, sexual, and internet revolutions.