causes

Examines Abraham Lincoln's emergence onto the political scene in the years leading up to the Civil War and draws on Lincoln's own words to explore his response to the issues that shaped the war and his presidency.

Examines the role the California Gold Rush played in the events leading up to the Civil War including the debate between the Northern and Southern states over California.

Traces the origins of the Russian Revolution and its execution, and chronicles the lives of the men who made it possible--Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin.

Identifies the major social, political, economic, and intellectual developments in the Russian Empire that led to the Revolution of 1917.

Eighteenth-century author and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft challenges Edmund Burke's argument published in his "Reflections on the Revolution in France" where he supported hereditary succession, the alliance of church and state in order to maintain social order, and the notion that only men of property be in ultimate authority.

Presents the history of the Comprimise of 1850, discussing who was involved, their arguments, and the outcome of the comprimise.

Provides an account of the Tea Party movement in colonial America, discussing the protest that ensued when the British government tried to collect import duties to pay for American defense, looking at the role of James Otis, Jr., and Sam Adams in spreading discontent throughout the colonies, describing the Boston Tea Party and similar incidents in New York, Philadelphia, Charleston, and elsewhere, and arguing the revolt led directly to the Revolution.

A reprint of the 1947 text which examines the beginnings of the French Revolution, analyzing the composition and action of various social classes, and looking at how they combined, under the leadership of the aristocracy, to overthrow the Bourbon regime.