Reinterpreting the French Revolution: A Global-Historical Perspective / Edition 1

by Bailey Stone

Overview

Bailey Stone uses recent scholarship on the diplomatic, political, social, economic, and cultural history of eighteenth-century revolutionary France to examine the outbreak of the French Revolution and the dramatic developments of the subsequent decade. Stone finds events of the period attributable to the interacting pressures of international and domestic politics on those national leaders attempting to govern France and to modernize its institutions. He contends that the Revolution of 1789-1799 needs to be viewed in the larger contexts of "early modern" and "modern" French history and modern "progressive" sociopolitical revolutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521009997
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/21/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.71(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The Ancien Regime: Challenges Not Met, A Dilemma Not Overcome; 2. The descent into revolution: from August 1788 to October 1789; 3. The first attempt to stabilize the revolution: from 1789–1791; 4. The 'revolutionizing' of the revolution: from 1791–1794; 5. The second attempt to stabilize the revolution: from 1794–1799; Conclusion: the revolution in the French and global context; Suggestions for further reading.

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"[The] analysis of historiography and a global narrative of events is a primary asset of this work. Recommended." Choice

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