Having an issue with a dance mat on PC - down button works, but left + down and right + down don't. [more inside]
posted by LSK on Nov 9, 2009 - 2 answers

Why hasn't Mousavi called for a general strike?
posted by bardona on Jul 22, 2009 - 6 answers

Iranian government's worst recent and verifiable transgressions? [more inside]
posted by GenTso on Jul 3, 2009 - 5 answers

Iran, right now: There have been calls for Twitter users worldwide to change their settings to Tehran time.. [more inside]
posted by hellboundforcheddar on Jun 20, 2009 - 18 answers

I am looking for a book recommendation that depicts life as a factory worker in Industrial Revolution Britain? [more inside]
posted by jacobean on May 22, 2009 - 15 answers

If there was a revolution and the British state was completely overthrown, what would happen to the Government debt? [more inside]
posted by popcassady on Feb 9, 2009 - 10 answers

I'm looking for readable accounts of revolutionary movements. [more inside]
posted by serazin on Dec 18, 2008 - 13 answers

What are the modern fields in science currently under crisis? [more inside]
posted by Rubbstone on May 6, 2008 - 23 answers

I'm looking for some books on European history during the 1800s. I'm specifically interested in Russia from the Decemberists to the 1917 revolution, and the French student revolution of 1848. [more inside]
posted by pombe on Apr 26, 2007 - 8 answers

What is the origin of the phrase: "what if they had ____ and nobody came?"
posted by Krrrlson on Feb 13, 2007 - 14 answers

What movies or documentaries have good scenes that could help me demonstrate important topics surrounding the American Revolution? I teach 8th grade. [more inside]
posted by allthewhile on Sep 29, 2006 - 16 answers

What is this web revolution I see before me? [more inside]
posted by Smarson on Jun 29, 2006 - 29 answers

I'm looking for a certain political theorist's description of the different stages of national revolutions. I think it's Max Weber, but I'm not sure. The basic theory says that there are three stages to any revolution, starting from an elite core, to a larger mainstream body, and then ending in a larger synthesis upon which the revolutionary group becomes indistinguishable from the mainstream. Does anyone know where this is from?
posted by kensanway on Mar 2, 2006 - 6 answers

MetaThesaurus: Help me find a word similar to "revolution". [more inside]
posted by forforf on Feb 7, 2006 - 20 answers

Looking for modern research (books, articles, papers etc) that dissect/define the revolutionary process. [more inside]
posted by Sagres on Nov 12, 2005 - 8 answers

Whose side would you choose to be on in the American Revolution? Assume that you are a person of the times and not a time traveler carrying 21st century views on race and society in your baggage. Assume that your focus is on your immediate world and your information does not have the completion that you are familiar with from history. This question comes up from time to time in conversation and I am still on the fence as to which way I would fall. The Unknown American Revolution by Gary B. Nash is a good (and the only) history that I have found that discusses this question. Nash also shows that the Red State/Blue State thought divide has been with us from the beginning. Any other books/texts out there where this is discussed?
posted by Raybun on Oct 31, 2005 - 31 answers

I have to give a short presentation today in my Chinese Lit. class on the cultural revolution (i.e. approx. '66-'69, the upsurge by students and workers against the Chinese Communist Party, initiated by Mao) and, aside from such sources as Wikipedia, etc, was wondering if anyone had any interesting points to make about it, or revealing links, sources, etc, that would aid me in my presentation. My teacher lived in China around this time, so anything from a unique perspective would be appreciated by both her and I. Thanks!
posted by jruckman on Apr 7, 2005 - 5 answers

The poem involves a war-time scenario (perhaps Revolutionary War) with a wife being accosted and probably raped by the enemy in her own home. Her husband is away in the war. [more inside]
posted by dagnyscott on Mar 7, 2005 - 8 answers

I've just reduced my book queue to a puny six or seven, I'm looking to pile a little something on, and a bookstore just opened within walking distance. I'm in the mood for a good history of the French Revolution. Any recommendations?
posted by furiousthought on Sep 1, 2004 - 4 answers