In the last generation the classic Marxist interpretation of the French Revolution has been challenged by the so-called revisionist school. The Marxist view tha

Reassesses the role of revolution as a force that has shaped the development of world politics.

The 1889 Exposition universelle in Paris is famous as a turning point in the history of French music, and modern music generally. This book explores the ways in

In Music and Cosmopolitanism, Cristina Magaldi examines music making in a past globalized world. This volume focuses on one city, Rio de Janeiro, and how it bec

This book is a new account of the surrealist movement in France between the two world wars. It examines the uses that surrealist artists and writers made of ide