- movement) is a
specific type of
social movement dedicated to
carrying out a
revolution.
Charles Tilly defines it as "a
social movement advancing exclusive competing...
- In
political science, a
revolution (Latin: revolutio, 'a turn around') is a rapid,
fundamental transformation of a society's state, class,
ethnic or religious...
- The
Iranian Revolution (Persian: انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân [ʔeɴɢeˌlɒːbe ʔiːɾɒːn]), also
known as the
Islamic Revolution (انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī)...
- The
Cultural Revolution,
formally known as the
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a
sociopolitical movement in the People's
Republic of China...
- The
American Revolution was a
rebellion and
political revolution in the
Thirteen Colonies,
which culminated in
colonists initiating an
ultimately successful...
- The
French Revolution was a
period of
political and
societal change in
France that
began with the
Estates General of 1789, and
ended with the coup of 18...
-
successive revolutions and a
bloody civil war. The
Russian Revolution can also be seen as the
precursor for the
other European revolutions that occurred...
-
October Revolution, also
known as the
Great October Socialist Revolution (in
Soviet historiography),
October coup,, or
Bolshevik coup was a
revolution in Russia...
- The
Industrial Revolution,
sometimes divided into the
First Industrial Revolution and
Second Industrial Revolution, was a
period of
global transition...
- The
Scientific Revolution was a
series of
events that
marked the
emergence of
modern science during the
early modern period, when
developments in mathematics...
