Pattern and repertoire in history /

Roehner, Bertrand M., 1946-

Pattern and repertoire in history / Bertrand M. Roehner, Tony Syme. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002. - xii, 413 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-405) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 Analytical History: Where History and Sociology Meet 1 -- PART I. REVOLUTIONS -- 2 European Variants of the French Revolution 57 -- 3 Building Blocks of the French Revolution 100 -- 4 The American Revolution 139 -- 5 General Strikes, Mushroom Strikes 169 -- PART II. WARS -- 6 Wars for Territorial Expansion 207 -- 7 The Constraints of Logistics 300 -- PART III. PROSPECTS -- 8 Historical Forecasting 335 -- 9 Perspectives 364.

0674007395 (alk. paper)


History--Methodology.
Forecasting--History.
Historiography.
Social sciences and history.

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