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Origins of the French Revolution
Professor William Doyle
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Description for Origins of the French Revolution
Paperback. This revised and updated edition of the standard introduction to the origins of the greatest of all revolutions incorporates and critically appraises the results of a new generation of research and interpretation. It thus remains the essential starting point for study of the subject. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
First published in 1980, this book rapidly established itself as the indispensable guide to what brought about the French Revolution, and to the debates of historians about the issue. It combined a full critical account of recent controversies with a fresh interpretation taking stock of where the debate had led. Since 1980 discussion among historians has continued as lively as ever, and has moved in directions scarcely explored at that time. The `revisionist' criticism which destroyed the classic mid-century consensus emphasizing the Revolution's social and economic origins has opened the way to a `post-revisionist' approach focused on cultural change. ... Read more
First published in 1980, this book rapidly established itself as the indispensable guide to what brought about the French Revolution, and to the debates of historians about the issue. It combined a full critical account of recent controversies with a fresh interpretation taking stock of where the debate had led. Since 1980 discussion among historians has continued as lively as ever, and has moved in directions scarcely explored at that time. The `revisionist' criticism which destroyed the classic mid-century consensus emphasizing the Revolution's social and economic origins has opened the way to a `post-revisionist' approach focused on cultural change. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198731740
SKU
V9780198731740
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