Andrew Wheatcroft
Autore di Gli Asburgo: incarnazione dell'impero
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Andrew Wheatcroft is the author of many books One of the first scholars to use photography in writing the history of the Middle East, he has made art and images a central focus of his work. He is director of the international postgraduate Centre for Publishing Studies at the University of Stirling mostra altro in Scotland mostra meno
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- Altri nomi
- Wheatcroft, A. J. M.
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
- Istruzione
- St. John’s School, Leatherhead
Christ’s College Cambridge
University of Madrid - Attività lavorative
- Professor of International Publishing and Communication
- Organizzazioni
- University of Stirling
- Breve biografia
- Andrew Wheatcroft is currently a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Creative Practice, Translation & Publishing at City University London and Chief Consultant at MVA Maclean Veit Associates. He was a Professor at the Stiring Centre for International Publishing and Communication at the University of Stirling from 1992-2009.
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- Opere
- 18
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- 4
- Utenti
- 1,647
- Popolarità
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- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 19
- ISBN
- 54
- Lingue
- 8
He begins with the American Revolution, and then moves forward in time. The book is divided into four sections: “The World Turned Upside Down” (covering upheavals in France, Ireland, Spain, Greece, Spanish America, Europe, India, Italy, China, Japan, Mexico, and Arabia); “The Seizure of Power” (spotlighting revolutions in Paris, Russia, Turkey, Bolshevism in Europe generally, Italy, Germany, and Spain); “Freedom, Now!” (Covering India, Southeast Asia, Kenya, Algeria, Indochina, and Cyprus); and “The Revolutionary Mirage” (featuring more recent upheavals in China, Cuba, Latin America, Southern Africa, the U.S., Ethiopia, Iran, Afghanistan, Middle East, Ireland, and the world generally).
This is an excellent resource for students of history looking for a basic understanding of revolutions - the book is more valuable in that respect in fact than the maps, albeit good, that accompany the text.… (altro)