Praise for The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest
"This eight-volume encyclopedia is an indispensable reference tool for scholars, students, and activists seeking information about revolutionary social movements, left-politics, and radical leaders. Immanuel Ness has put together a very impressive team of international scholars, many of whom have defined their fields. The result is a comprehensive compilation that reflects the most recent scholarly interpretations. What distinguishes this encyclopedia is the way it incorporates the social history literature of the past two generations with its focus on protest movements, ordinary working people, and the how the struggle for social justice was defined by class, race, gender, and ethnicity. This encyclopedia provides a window into the process of revolutionary social change, the relationships between leaders and rank and file, workers, peasants, and state power. Its transnational perspective clarifies the role that revolutionary nationalism and the struggles against European colonialism played in the world-wide movement for social change. This is the definitive reference work in its area."
Michael Nash, Director, Tamiment Library, New York University
"This voluminous encyclopedia is a timely and wonderful thematic compilation of peer-reviewed reference material that will contribute significantly to a broad range of social science disciplines."
Diana Lachatanere, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
"For this work Immanuel Ness has assembled an impressive team of international scholars…Undoubtedly, this will become an essential reference on world revolutionary and protest movements, and an important addition to the collections of academic and larger public libraries. I know I will recommend it to our students and faculty, and will consult it frequently for my own research."
Thomas Twiss, Government Information Librarian, University of Pittsburgh
"An indispensable tool for social scientists and historians who wish to be aware of their rich and colorful past. The scope is breathtaking - with a wealth of engagingly presented detail gathered by an army of researchers under the sure guidance of Immanuel Ness. Wiley is to be congratulated."
Raymond Markey, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
"Finally a scholarly reference work that provides a substantive approach to world history that accounts for the essential role played by popular movements in the processes of revolution, social change and progress. The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest traces the efforts of peasants and workers in the global South and North as they struggle for justice and power from the emergence of European colonialism to the present."
Gary Younge, The Guardian and The Nation
"This compilation of historical essays provides a unique contribution to the study of social radicalism. The encyclopedia fills a critical void with its extensive examination of the progression of revolutions and protests throughout the world. The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest is sure to become the definitive reference work in this area of study."
Pat Newcombe, Western New England College School of Law Library
"[A] valuable resource for students of social movements and social change."
Stephen H. Aby, University of Akron
"Brings together not only a vast amount of information on protest from several dimensions, but the articles on Japan also provide a vibrant sense of activist consciousness as well as events on the ground. In addition to the organizations and movements of the early postwar era . . . today's surging community union movement is covered as well. Students of labor as well as protest movements will find the materials valuable."
Charles Weathers, Osaka City University, Japan