The Great Revolutions of Modern History

<b>The Great Revolutions of Modern History</b> gives you new insights into the forces that have shaped our political and cultural world. Taught by Professor Lynne Ann Hartnett of Villanova University, these 24 eye-opening lessons take you back in time and around the world to examine some of history’s most momentous and influential political transformations, including world-changing movements in China, Mexico, India, Haiti, Africa, Russia, and more.

• By This Professor
• 01: Who Makes a Revolution?
• 02: Nationalism as Revolutionary Ideology
• 03: Mexico’s Revolution of Bullets and Myths
• 04: The Man Who Lost the Russian Revolution
• 05: Totalitarianism and Counterrevolution
• 06: The US Civil Rights Revolution
• 07: England’s Glorious Revolution
• 08: Samuel Adams: Apostle of American Liberty
• 09: The French Revolution: Fraternity and Terror
• 10: Haiti: Trailblazer of Democracy and Failure
• 11: The Industrial and Urban Revolutions
• 12: The Decembrist Wives of Imperial Russia
• 13: China’s Revolutionary Nationalism
• 14: The Women’s Revolution for the Right to Vote
• 15: Mao Zedong’s Revolutionary Road
• 16: Gandhi’s Revolutionary Nonviolence
• 17: The Cuban Revolution with Fidel and Che
• 18: The Revolutionary Year of 1968
• 19: The Counterculture Revolution
• 20: The Anti-Apartheid Movement as Revolution
• 21: Terrorism as Revolutionary Strategy
• 22: Iran’s Islamic Revolution
• 23: The Revolutionary Year of 1989
• 24: The TV Revolution in Your Living Room