The Old Regime And The Revolution

Klappentext "The Old Regime and the Revolution" is Alexis de Tocqueville's great meditation on the origins and meanings of the French Revolution. One of the most profound and influential studies of this pivotal event, it remains a relevant and stimulating discussion of the problem of preserving individual and political freedom in the modern world. Alan Kahan's translation provides a faithful, readable rendering of Tocqueville's last masterpiece, and includes notes and variants which reveal Tocqueville's sources and include excerpts from his drafts and revisions. The introduction by France's most eminent scholars of Tocqueville and the French Revolution, Francoise Melonio and the late Francois Furet, provides a brilliant analysis of the work. Zusammenfassung De Tocqueville's great meditation on the origins and meanings of the French revolution remains one of the most profound and influential studies of this pivotal period.

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• Authors: Alexis De Tocqueville, Francois Furet, Francoise Melonio, Alexis De Tocqueville, TOCQUEVILLE ALEXIS DE
• Assisted by: Francois Furet (Editor), François Furet (Editor), Francoise Melonio (Editor), Melonio Francoise (Editor), Alan S. Kahan (Translation), Kahan Alan S. (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2004
• EAN: 9780226805306
• ISBN: 978-0-226-80530-6
• No. of pages: 452
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 220 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Revolutionary groups & movements, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions