The Chinese and their Rebellions

The Chinese and their Rebellions
Author: Thomas Taylor Meadows
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 729
Release: 2014-12-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108081290

This 1856 publication presents an expansive treatment of the ongoing Taiping Rebellion, taking in historical and cultural factors.

Cossack Rebellions

Cossack Rebellions
Author: Linda Gordon
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1983-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780873956543

The Ukrainian Cossacks were a complex and tenacious group, influential far beyond their numbers. This book offers an admiring, critical, and close examination of the unique cossack phenomenon. It reveals the sources of their surprising power by looking at them in action, in their sixteenth-century uprisings. The interpretation is organized around three themes, offering resolutions of three apparent contradictions in cossack activity: first, how the cossacks could act simultaneously as individualist mercenaries and yet also lead a collective, class-conscious social rebellion; second, how they could be simultaneously traditionalist and yet also provide leadership for the developing modern Ukrainian nationalism; and third, how the cossacks could be simultaneously unique, quintessentially Ukrainian, and yet form a part of a worldwide response to economic transformations that drew Eastern Europe into a position as exploited agricultural provider for Western Europe.

Tudor Rebellions

Tudor Rebellions
Author: Diarmaid MacCulloch
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2015-06-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317437381

Tudor Rebellions, now in its sixth edition, gives a chronological account of the major rebellions against the Tudor monarchy from the reign of King Henry VII until the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603. It also throws light on some of the main themes of Tudor history, including the dynasty’s attempt to bring the north and west under the control of the capital, the progress of the English Reformation and the impact of inflation, taxation and enclosure on society. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to take into account the exciting and innovative work on the subject in recent years and bring the historiographical debates right up to date. It now includes additional documents and extended discussions to bring to life the complex events and politics of the rebellions. The primary sources, alongside a narrative history, allow students to fully explore these turbulent times, seeking to understand what drove Tudor people to rebel and what sort of people were inclined to do so. In doing so, the book considers both ‘high’ and ‘low’ politics, and the concerns of both the noble and the unprivileged in Tudor society. With supplementary materials including a chronology, who’s who and guide to further reading along with maps and images, Tudor Rebellions is an invaluable resource for all students of Tudor history.

Rebel Lions

Rebel Lions
Author: Michael McClure
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1991
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780811211642

Rebel Lions, Michael McClure's first book of poetry since the retrospective Selected Poems (1985), spans a decade of profound personal change and poetic evolution for the author. In an introductory note, he provides a backdrop for the collection, which moves from old life to new. McClure's work bursts forth from the matrix of the physical and spiritual. "Poetry is one of the edges of consciousness," he asserts. "And consciousness is a real thing like the hoof of a deer or the smell of a bush of blackberries at the roadside in the sun." In the first section of Rebel Lions, "Old Flames," the poems range from the realistic ("Awakening and Recalling a Summer Hike") to the metaphorical ("The Silken Stitching"), as the poet addresses a life on the verge of transformation. The second section, "Rose Rain," exults in a life transformed through love's alchemy. Rebel Lions closes with "New Brain," poems affirming the freedom of all humankind and matter in the eternal now.

The Tupac Amaru and Catarista Rebellions

The Tupac Amaru and Catarista Rebellions
Author: Ward Stavig
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0872208451

Portrays the three indigenous rebellions that threatened Spanish control of its South American colonies more than a quarter century before the Wars of Independence (1808-1825). This collection includes maps, a chronology of the rebellions, and a glossary of terms.

Slave Rebellions

Slave Rebellions
Author: Robin Santos Doak
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2006
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 1438106521

The transatlantic slave trade and the fugitive slave laws in the late 18th century led to a significant increase in the number of people seeking freedom. Runaway slaves were often aided in their escape by a growing network of people who saw slavery as morally reprehensible. This work explores this intriguing time in American history.

A World History of Tax Rebellions

A World History of Tax Rebellions
Author: David F. Burg
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 809
Release: 2004-06-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1135959994

A World History of Tax Rebellions is an exhaustive reference source for over 4,300 years of riots, rebellions, protests, and war triggered by abusive taxation and tax collecting systems around the world. Each of the chronologically arranged entries focuses on a specific historical event, analyzing its roots, and socio-economic context.