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Interpreting the French Revolution
Francois Furet
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Description for Interpreting the French Revolution
paperback. This series of essays shows how one can conceptualize an historical event such as the French Revolution, and identify the radical changes it produced as well as the continuity it provided, albeit under the appearance of change. Translator(s): Forster, Elborg. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
The French Revolution is an historical event unlike any other. It is more than just a topic of intellectual interest: it has become part of a moral and political heritage. But after two centuries, this central event in French history has usually been thought of in much the same terms as it was by its contemporaries. There have been many accounts of the French Revolution, and though their opinions differ, they have often been commemorative or anniversary interpretations of the original event. The dividing line of revolutionary historiography, in intellectual terms, is therefore not between the right and the left, ... Read more
The French Revolution is an historical event unlike any other. It is more than just a topic of intellectual interest: it has become part of a moral and political heritage. But after two centuries, this central event in French history has usually been thought of in much the same terms as it was by its contemporaries. There have been many accounts of the French Revolution, and though their opinions differ, they have often been commemorative or anniversary interpretations of the original event. The dividing line of revolutionary historiography, in intellectual terms, is therefore not between the right and the left, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521280495
SKU
9780521280495
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Reviews for Interpreting the French Revolution
' … a milestone in the historiography of the French Revolution.' William Doyle, History Today