The Egalitarian Moment by D A Low
General histories of the twentieth century will have much to say about the establishment, spread, maintenance and sudden collapse of Soviet Communism. This book outlines a major feature of twentieth-century world history that arguably affected more people than the rise and fall of Soviet Communism. It was the first to discuss as related developments the many attempts in Asia and Africa in the third quarter of the twentieth century to create egalitarian rural societies (landlord abolition in Egypt, India and Iran; ujamaa in Tanzania; land reform in Indonesia; collectivization in China, Vietnam and Ethiopia), their failure, and the differentiated rural regimes which, despite landlord abolition, remain there to this day. The case studies include Egypt, India, the three East African countries, Papua New Guinea, Iran, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Ethiopia, China and Vietnam. The book highlights a major and hitherto disaggregated aspect of twentieth-century world history.-
The Construction of Nationhood
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The Social Interpretation of the French Revolution
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The Italian Renaissance in its Historical Background
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Empires of the Mind
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The Natural and the Supernatural in the Middle Ages
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Pagan and Christian in an Age of Anxiety
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Politics in the Ancient World
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Domination and Conquest
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Nations and Nationalism since 1780
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Reform and Renewal
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Aristocratic Century
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Revolution and the People in Russia and China
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Man on His Past
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Cities of Strangers
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The Personality of Ireland
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Philosophers of Peace and War
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War and Society in the Seventeenth Century
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Cultural Foundations of Industrial Civilization
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Man as Churchman
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Religion, Politics and Preferment in France since 1890
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Pagans and Christians in Late Antique Rome
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The Newtonian Revolution
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Poetry and Politics 1900-1960
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Religion, Law and the Growth of Constitutional Thought, 1150-1650
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Languages and Communities in Early Modern Europe
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Modernizing England's Past
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Succeeding John Bull
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Four Studies of War and Peace in this Century
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The Politics Naval of Supremacy
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Edward I and Criminal Law
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The History Written on the Classical Greek Body
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Martyrdom and Rome
"..this pithy little book bodes fair to become a classic among Third World studies." Foreign Affairs
"The writing is generally clear and to the point....The discussions around the Wiles lectures in Belfast in 1994 obviously were lively and this is an appropriate memento of them." Peter Lyon, International History Review
"The writing is generally clear and to the point....The discussions around the Wiles lectures in Belfast in 1994 obviously were lively and this is an appropriate memento of them." Peter Lyon, International History Review
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780521567657 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521567653 |
| Title | The Egalitarian Moment |
| Author | D A Low |
| Series | The Wiles Lectures |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1995-11-24 |
| Number of pages | 148 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |