Revolutionary generation
A revolutionary generation is a generation of people for whom a revolution was a major event or influence in their lives.[1] Such revolutions are usually associated with particular nations. The children of this generation are called the Children of the revolution
Americas
Cuba
The
United States
Evarts Boutell Greene dated the generation of the American Revolution as being from 1763 to 1790.[3]
Asia
China
The first political generation of leaders in the People's Republic of China are part of the revolutionary generation in China, such as Mao Zedong, Zhu De and Zhou Enlai,[4]
Israel
The
Europe
France
The Université
Germany
The 1840s were a decisive decade which culminated in the Revolutions of 1848 which defined a generation of Germans.[6]
Romania
In
Yugoslavia
The generation that came of age during or immediately after World War II and subsequent rise of communism. It is a generation marked by greater social mobility in comparison to previous period of Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which permitted the large section of population to obtain education. It was also marked by rapid urbanization and industrialization of the country, with a big population shift from rural to urban areas.
References
- ISBN 9780471799238
- ISBN 978-0-8078-3001-7
- ^ Evarts Boutell Greene (1945), The revolutionary generation, 1763-1790
- ISBN 978-981-256-347-7
- ISBN 978-0-674-01680-4
- ISBN 978-0-8264-4910-8