Rewriting the French Revolution: The Andrew Browning Lectures 1989

by Colin Lucas (Editor)

Overview

Exploring the historical controversy over the meaning of the French Revolution, eight of the most distinguished scholars in the field—Francois Furet, Norman Hampson, Colin Jones, Louis Bergeron, Michel Vovelle, Alan Forrest, and T.C.W. Blanning— present new interpretations of its major themes, focusing on the areas of intellectual, political, religious, and social development. Two hundred years after the event, this book is a major statement of current thinking on the Revolution which will stimulate all historians of the French Revolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198219767
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/05/1991
Series:	Andrew Browning Lectures
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.63(d)

Editorial Reviews

"A broad survey of post-materialist theories on the French Revolution."—History: Reviews of New Books

"These essays serve the field well by digesting a superabundance of recent research and pointing it toward some new conclusions."—The Historian

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