THE ANATOMY OF REVOLUTION : Revised Edition, 1952 (Vintage V44)

New York, NY: Vintage/Random House, 1957. Vintage, 6th Printing of . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/Near New & Bright w/short underline to pg 41. Softcover/VG; strong & sound with light edge rubs, faint creasings to front corners, and light surface wear. First published 1938; this is a reprint of 1965. Intellectual history. Brinton found revolutions were triggered by problems in the pre-revolutionary regime such as "unfair" taxation favoring of one set of economic interests over another, administrative incompentancies & confusions --- in short, when economic power, political power and social distinction are at odds.. Case studies of 4 major political revolutions: the 1640s English Revolution, the American, the French, and the 1917 Russian Revolution. Historian Clarence Crane Brinton (1898 - 1968) taujght at Harvard from the early age of 25 until his last day. Witty and learned, Brinot likened revolutionary movements to the progress of the body beset by fever, which exhibits an identifyable life-cycle: Moving from the Old Order to a moderate regime, from there to a radical regime, and to Thermidorian reaction. 300 pgs plus Index in 9 chapters: 1, Introduction; 2, The Old Regimes; 3, First Stages of Revolution; 4, Types of Revolution; 5, The Rule of the Moderates; 6, The Acession of the Extremists; 7, Reigns of Terror & Virtue; 8, Thermidor; and 9, A Summary of the Work of Revolutions, followed by 4 Biographical appendices.