French Society in Revolution 1789-1799

Informationen zum Autor David Andress is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Portsmouth Klappentext French society in revolution aims to retrieve the social history of the French Revolution from unjustified neglect.This study examines both the structural and cultural elements behind the breakdown of the eighteenth-century monarchic state and its aris. . . . Zusammenfassung This study plots a narrative course through the French Revolution examining the elements behind the breakdown of the 18th-century monarchic state. Engaging with the late-1990s historical research! it presents a picture of the tensions throughout the revolutionary decade. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. France before Revolution2. The emergence of political involvement, 1787-17893. The Great Journees, July-October 17894. The Reconstructive Project, 1790-17915. The Breakdown of the Socio-Political Order, 1791-17926. The Supremacy of Politics? Terror, 1792-17947. The Quest for Social Order - Thermidor and beyondConclusion

Product details

• Authors: David Andres, Andress, David Andress
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1999
• EAN: 9780719051913
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-5191-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: New Frontiers; New Frontiers in History (Pape; New Frontiers; New Frontiers in History (Pape
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories