Books & the Arts / A new history examines the long history of a radical and sometimes conservative concept. Peter E. Gordon Here’s a puzzle: Must revolution always mean change? Does it require ...

Wayne Price reviews Loren Goldner's "Revolution, Defeat, and Theoretical Underdevelopment: Russia, Turkey, Spain, Bolivia" (2017). Originally published on anarkismo.net and linked from issue 18 of ...

In just three years, the United States will observe the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. In my view, the American Revolution not only led to the creation of the United States but was also ...

Documentary maker Ken Burns doesn’t think today’s polarized politics are anything new, especially for a country that, as he sees it, already had two civil wars — the American Revolution of 1776 and ...

Christopher Hill’s history from below. The radical life and work of the historian. Christopher Hill was one of the most prolific and influential historians of the 20th century. He was also the product ...

Revolutions are world-shaking affairs. But how much do we really know about who makes them? And how clearly do we understand their implications? There are few better times to ask such questions than ...

Ken Burns' latest project is an expansive documentary about the history of the American Revolution. Premiering Nov. 16 on PBS and airing over six consecutive nights, The American Revolution starts ...

The Daughters of the American Revolution, comprised of women in the United States and around the world who descend from patriots of the nation's fight for independence, was founded in Washington, D.C.

The Marquis de Lafayette, a French nobleman who rushed to the aid of the United States in its darkest hours, and an audacious hero of two revolutions, was born on this day in history, Sept. 6, 1757.