French Revolution - Couverture souple

Forrest, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0631183515 ISBN 13 : 9780631183518

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons, 1995

Synopsis

This book provides an interpretation of the French Revolution that is both thematic and accessible to the general reader. The discussion includes an analysis of the historiography of the subject, and reviews the range of literature produced around the recent Bicentenary. Insisting that the French Revolution had an important social dimension, Alan Forrest demonstrates that the revolutionaries, even the most extreme of them, were committed to an ordered society. He argues that in destroying the political institutions and the corporate structures of the Ancien Regime, they were conscious of the need to invent a new order of their own, one that would be consistent with their ideology.
Chapters focus on the initial crisis of 1789, on the political and social experiments of the revolutionary years, and on the impact of war and counter-revolution. The study covers the period up to 1799, looking forward where appropriate to the Napoleonic Empire. The author's succinct and penetrating overview of events ensures that The French Revolution will be welcomed by all students of this fascinating and turbulent period in European history.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Alan Forrest is Professor of Modern History at the University of York. He has written widely on the social and military aspects of the French Revolution, and on the Revolution in provincial France.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631183515
• ISBN 13: 9780631183518
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible