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PEOPLE
Jules Michelet
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Description for PEOPLE
Paperback. BIC Classification: CB. Dimension: 210 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
"If we wish to know the innermost thought and passion of the French peasant, it is very easy. Walk, any Sunday, into the country and follow him." So begins this extraordinary book by the man often called France's greatest historian. After its publication in 1846, Le peuple sold 1,000 copies in a single day in Paris alone, and was soon considered the classic study of French society in the early nineteenth century. John P. McKay's translation makes the book newly available to English-language readers.
The People is a moving picture of France on the eve of 1848. Michelet ... Read more
"If we wish to know the innermost thought and passion of the French peasant, it is very easy. Walk, any Sunday, into the country and follow him." So begins this extraordinary book by the man often called France's greatest historian. After its publication in 1846, Le peuple sold 1,000 copies in a single day in Paris alone, and was soon considered the classic study of French society in the early nineteenth century. John P. McKay's translation makes the book newly available to English-language readers.
The People is a moving picture of France on the eve of 1848. Michelet ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252003318
SKU
V9780252003318
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About Jules Michelet
Jules Michelet (1798–1874) was a French historian. His works include The History of France and The History of the French Revolution. John P. McKay is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His books include Pioneers for Profit: Foreign Entrepreneurship and Russian Industrialization, 1885–1913 and Tramways and Trolleys: The Rise of Urban Mass Transport in ... Read more
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