The Encyclopedia of Political Revolutions is an important reference work that describes revolutionary events that have affected and often changed the course of history.

A: A; Adams, John; Adams, Samuel; Afghan Revolution (1978-1995); Albanian Anticommunist Revolution (1990-1992); Algerian Islamic Revolt (1992-); Algerian Revolution (1954-1962); American (U.S.) Revolution (1776-1789); Anabaptism; Anarchism; Angolan Revolution (1974-1996); Anthony, Susan B.; Arab "Great Revolt" (1916-1918); Armed Forces; Art and Representation; Atatürk, Kemal; B: B; Babi Revolts (1844-1852); Baltic Revolutions of 1991; Bangladeshi War of Independence (1971); Belgian Revolutions (1789-1830); Benin Revolutions (1963-1996); Biko, Stephen; Bohemian Revolt (1618-1648); Bolívar, Simón; Bolivian National Revolution (1952); Bourgeoisie; British Civil Wars and Revolution (1638-1660); British "Glorious Revolution" (1688-1689); British Jacobite Rebellions (1715-1745); British Reform and Emancipation Movement (1820-1833); Bulgarian Anticommunist Revolution (1989-1997); Buonarroti, Filippo Michele; Bureaucracy; Burke, Edmund; Burmese Democratization Movement (1988-); Burmese Independence Movement (1930S-1948); Burundi Civil Wars (1993-); C: C; Cabral, Amílcar; Cambodian Khmer Rouge Revolution (1967-1979); Capitalism; Castro, Fidel; Chiang Kai-Shek; Chilean Socialist Movement and Counterrevolution (1970-1978); Chinese Boxer Uprising (1898-1900); Chinese Communist Revolution (1921-1949); Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1969); Chinese Late Ming Revolts (1620-1644); Chinese May Fourth Movement (1919); Chinese May Thirtieth Movement (1925); Chinese Muslim Rebellions (1856-1878); Chinese Nationalist Revolution (1919-1927); Chinese Republican Revolution (1911); Chinese Sectarian and Secret Society Revolts (1644-); Chinese Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864); Chinese Tiananmen Uprising (1989); Chinese Triad Society Rebellions (18TH-20TH Centuries); Chinese White Lotus Rebellions (18th-20th Centuries); Civil Wars; Class; Colombia's "La Violencia" (1948-1964); Colonialism and Anticolonialism; Communism; Congolese/Zairian Upheavals (1960-); Constitutions; Costa Rican Revolution (1948); Counterrevolution; Coup D'État; Cromwell, Oliver; Cuban Revolution (1956-1970); Cycles, Waves, and Diffusion; Czechoslovak "Prague Spring" (1968); Czechoslovak "Velvet Revolution" and "Divorce" (1989-1993); D: D; Democracy; Deng Xiaoping; Dictatorship; Dutch Revolutions (1780-1800); E: E; East European Revolutions of 1989; East German Revolution and Unification (1989-1990); East Timorese Independence Movement (1975-); Economic Development; Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Movement (1928-); Egyptian Revolts (1881-1919); Egyptian Revolution (1952); Elites; English Rett's Rebellion (1549); Eritrean Revolution (1962-1991); Ethiopian Revolution (1974-1991); Ethnic Conflict; European Revolutions of 1820; European Revolutions of 1830; European Revolutions of 1848; F: F; Fanon, Frantz Omar; Films and Video Documentaries; Franklin, Benjamin; French Frondes (1648-1653); French Peasant Revolts (1594-1648); French Revolution (1789-1815); French Student Revolt (1968); French Wars of Religion (1562-1598); G: G; Gandhi, Mahatma; Garibaldi, Giuseppe; Gender; German Nazi Revolution (1933-1945); German Peasant War (1524-1526); German Revolution (1918); Ghanaian Independence Movement (1946-1957); Gorbachev, Mikhail; Gramsci, Antonio; Greekwar of Liberation (1821-1832); Grenada "New Jewel" Revolution (1979-1983); Guatemalan Revolution (1944-1954); Guerrilla Warfare; Guevara, Ernesto "Che"; Guinea-Bissau Independence Revolt (1962-1974); Guinean Independence Movement (1958); H: H; Haitian Democratic Revolution (1986-1996); Haitian Revolution of Independence (1791-1804); Havel, Václav; Henry, Patrick; Hitler, Adolf; Ho Chi Minh; Hong Xiuquan; Hungarian Anticommunist Revolution (1989); Hungarian Revolutions (1918-1919); Hungarian Revolution (1956); I: I; Ideology; Indian "Great Mutiny" (1857-1859); Indian Independence Movement (1885-1947); Indian Regional Revolts (1947-); Indonesian National Revolution (1945-1950); Indonesian Upheaval (1965-1966); Inequality; Injustice; Intellectuals; Iranian Constitutional Revolution (1906); Iranian Islamic Revolution (1979); Iraqi Revolution (1958); Irish Revolt in Northern Ireland (1969-); Irish Revolts (1790S-1900); Irish Revolution (1916-1923); Islamic Anticolonial Revolts of the 19th Century; Islamic Fundamentalism; Islamic Precolonial Revolts of the 18th and 19th Centuries; Israeli Independence Revolt (1946-1948); Italian City-State Revolutions of the Renaissance (1494-1534); Italian Fascist Revolution (1919-1945); Italian Risorgimento (1789-1870); J: J; Japanese meiji restoration (1868); Japanese Tokugawa Shogun Ascendancy (1598-1615); Jefferson, Thomas; Jinnah, Mohammad Ali; Juarez, Benito; K: K; Kenyan Mau Mau Movement (1952-1960); Kenyatta, Jomo; Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah; Kim Il Sung; King, Martin Luther, Jr.; Korean Civil War (1950-1953); Korean Democracy Movement (1960-1998); Korean Rebellions of 1812 and 1862; Korean Tonghak Rebellion (1894); Kurdish Revolts (1958-); L: L; Lafayette, Gilbert Du Motier De; Latin American and Caribbean Slave Revolts (1521-1888); Latin American Popular and Guerrilla Revolts (Independence to 1959); Latin American Popular and Guerrilla Revolts (1960-1996); Latin American Revolts Under Colonial Rule (1571-1898); Latin American Revolutions for Independence (1808-1898); Leadership; Lechín Oquendo, Juan; Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich; Liberalism; Liberation Theology; Libyan Revolution (1969); Literature; Locke, John; L'ouverture, François-Dominique Toussaint; Lumumba, Patrice; Luther, Martin; Luxemburg, Rosa; M: M; Madagascar (Malagasy) War of Independence(1947); Madison, James; Malayan Communist Insurgency (1948-1960); Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla; Mao Zedong; Marat, Jean-Paul; Martí, José; Marx, Karl, and Friedrich Engels; Media and Communications; Menchú Tum, Rigoberta; Mexican Revolution (1910-1940); Millenarianism; Mosaddeq, Mohammad; Mozambican Revolution (1974-1994); Mugabe, Robert Gabriel; Music; Mussolini, Benito; N: N; Nasser, Gamal Abdel; Nationalism; Nehru, Jawaharlal; Netherlands Revolt (1566-1609); Nicaraguan Revolution (1979); Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970); Nkrumah, Kwame; Nyerere, Julius Kambarage; O: O; Omani Rebellions (1955-1975); Orwell, George; Ottoman Jelali and Janissary Revolts (1566-1826); Ottoman Revolts in the Near and Middle East (1803-1922); P: P; Paine, Thomas; Pakistani Independence Movement (1940-1947); Palestinian Anticolonial Revolt (1936-1939); Palestinian "Intifada" Revolt (1987-1996); Paris Commune (1871); Parties; Peasants; Peruvian "Revolution from above" (1968-1975); Peruvian "Shining Path" Revolt (1980-); Philippine Huk and New People's Army Rebellions; Philippine Independence Wars (1872-1910); Philippine "People Power" Revolution (1986); Polish Protest Movements and Solidarity Revolution (1956-1991); Population; Portuguese Revolution (1974); Propaganda; R: R; Race; Radicalism; Rationality; Rebellion and Revolt; Reform; Religion; Republics; Rights; Robespierre, Maximilien; Romanian Revolution (1989); Rousseau, Jean-Jacques; Russian Decembrist Revolt (1825); Russian Revolution of 1905; Russian Revolution of 1917; Russian-Ukrainian Cossack and Peasant Revolts (1606-1775); Rwandan Civil Wars (1959-1994); S: S; San Martín, José Francisco De; Sandino, Augusto CéSar; Saudi Arabian Wahhabi Movement (1744-); Scottish Revolution (1559-1568); Socialism; Sorel, Georges; South African Antiapartheid Revolts and Reform (1948-1994); Spanish Civil War (1936-1939); Spanish Comuneros Revolt (1520-1521); Spanish Conquest, Aztec and Inca Revolts in the Era of (1500-1571); Spanish Struggles Against Revolutionary Movements in Southern Europe (1640-1668); Spanish War of Independence (1808-1813); Sri Lankan (Tamil) Revolt and Civil War (1977-); Stalinjoseph; States; Student Protests and Youth Movements; Sudanese Civil War (1955-1972; 1982-); Sudanese Mahdiyya (1881-1898); Sukarno; Sunyat-Sen; Swedish Royal Revolution (1523); Symbolism, Ritualism, and Dress; Syrian Revolution (1963); T: T; Terrorism; Thai Revolution (1932); Tibetan Revolt (1959); Tito, Josip Broz; Tocqueville, Alexis De; Trotsky, Leon; Turkish Revolution (1908-1922); Tyranny; U: U; Ussr Collapse and Dissolution (1989-1991); Us. Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968); U.S. Civil War (1861-1865); U.S. Labor Revolts (1890-1932); U.S. Preindependence and Pre-Civil War Rebellions (1675-1850); U.S. Rural Post-Civil War Rebellions (1865-1940); U.S. Slave Revolts (1776-1865); V: V; Venezuelan Democratic Revolution (1945-1958); Vietnamese Revolution (1945-1975); Violence; W: W; Walesa, Lech; War; Washington, George; William of Orange (King William IlI of England); William the Silent; Woman's Rights Movement; Workers; Y: Y; Yemeni Revolutions (1962-1990); Yugoslav Communist Collapse and Dissolution (1987-1992); Yugoslav Partisans and Communist Revolution (1941-1948); Z: Z; Zanzibar Revolution (1964); Zapata, Emiliano; Zimbabwe Revolt and Reform (1966-1980)