Revolutions and Counter-Revolutions

Unquestionably a watershed year in world history, 1917 not only saw the Russian Revolution and the US entry into World War I, it also marked a foundational moment in determining global political structures for the remaining twentieth century. Yet while contemporaries were cognizant of these global connections, historiography has been largely limited to analysis of the nation-state. A century later, this book discusses the transnational dimension of the numerous upheavals, rebellions, and violent reactions on a global level that began with 1917. Experts from different continents contribute findings that go beyond the well-known European and transatlantic narratives, making for a uniquely global study of this crucial period in history.

1917 war ein bedeutendes Jahr des historischen Umbruchs im Weltmaßstab, in dem der Grundstein für prägende Strukturen des 20. Jahrhunderts gelegt wurde. Den Zeitgenossen waren diese globalen Zusammenhänge bewusst; doch in der auf nationale Belange beschränkten Geschichtswissenschaft spielten sie jahrzehntelang kaum eine Rolle. Dieser Band vereint neue Forschungen, die die transnationalen Verbindungen der unzähligen Aufstände, Rebellionen und Revolutionen sowie der gewaltsamen Reaktionen darauf in den Jahren zwischen 1917 und 1920 in allen Weltteilen aufzeigen.

ContentsRevolutions and Counter-Revolutions: An Introduction9Stefan Rinke and Michael WildtI. Global Revolution1917-1920 and the Global Revolution of Rising Expectations31Jörn LeonhardII. The Russian Revolution and BeyondPortent or Salvation: The Russian Revolution55Dietrich BeyrauA Laboratory of Modern Politics: The Russian Revolutionand its International Legacy79Jan Claas BehrendsGlobal Catholicism's Crusade against Communism, 1917-1963 103Patrick J. HoulihanAfter Empire, Before Nation: Competing Ideologiesand the Bolshevik Moment of the Anatolian Revolution119Abdulhamit K?rm?z?III. Revolutionary ViolenceThe Role of Violence in the European Counter-Revolution1917-1939141Robert GerwarthThe Role of the Siberian Intervention in Japan's Modern History 161Izao TomioChina in the Age of Revolutions, Counter-Revolutionsand Violence179Xu GuoqiIV. Revolutions between the Global and the Local"The Birth Year of Revolutions": Latin American Debatesabout the Global Challenges of 1917-1919201Stefan RinkeGlobal Moments, Local Impacts: Argentina at the Critical Junctureof 1917219María Inés TatoSpain's "Crisis of 1917"235Enric Ucelay-Da CalThe Importance of Being Female. Women and(Counter-)Revolution in Spain (1917-1939)261Birgit AschmannWorld War I and Urban Societies: Social Movements, Fearsand Spatial Order in Hamburg and Chicago (c. 1916-1923)287Klaus WeinhauerV. Cultures of RevolutionThe Aesthetics of Revolution: Dada and the Transgressionof Borders309David HopkinsThe Appearance and Rise of Popular Culture: Mexico, Russia and the United States, 1917-1920321Ricardo Pérez MontfortList of Editors, Authors and Further Contributors339