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The Manipulation of Economic Unrest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2011

Crane Brinton
Crane Brinton
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Harvard University
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I Take it that what lies in the back of the minds of most of us when a subject like this comes up is the problem of the relation between economic unrest and political and social change, and more especially, the kind of change we call a revolution. We all know those for whom the solution of this problem is very simple: they say “look for the economic motive” as innocently as if they said “cherchez la femme.” Even at a more mature level of thinking the problem is still often put in such a way that something economic always lies at the bottom, or pulls the trigger, or provides the main impulse, or—and this is the precious word—“determines” everything.

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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 8 , supplement S1 , January 1948 , pp. 21 - 31
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Copyright © The Economic History Association 1948

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1 I mean that I probably tried too hard to get systematically representatives of important modern revolutionary movements from the English to those of our own time; and also that what the psychologist calls “free association” is not what the metaphysician means by “free.” Subconsciously, unconsciously, my list is no doubt drawn up to put as good a face as possible on my thesis that revolutionary leaders are a varied lot, a cross section of humanity.