Reviews

Revolutions by Michael Löwy

maestro_cerrotorcido's review

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

I thought this book was almost perfect. It gives a short description of each revolution that it covers (maybe 8-16 pages each) and then follows up with pictures taken during that time. The main goal of the book is to discuss the pictures so much of the description explains them with a very quick overview of the revolution. For example, the October Revolution barely even mentions the Mensheviks. 

The main critique is the placement of some of the pictures. Some of the pictures would take up two whole pages. Usually this was fine except there were a few where the main individual of the picture was in the crease.  

grubnubble's review

informative medium-paced

4.75

This is a nice overview of a number of revolutions all over the world and the photographs that survived. Each revolution has a short summary along with some descriptions of the photos, written through a Trotskyist lens.

jhatrick's review

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

tacardial's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.5