The Old Regime And The Revolution

Informationen zum Autor Alan S. Kahan is an associate professor in the history department at Florida International University and the author of Aristocratic Liberalism and Liberalism in Nineteeth-Century Europe . 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, Françoise Mélonio and the late François 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alexis De Tocqueville, Francois Furet, Francoise Melonio, Alexis De Tocqueville, Tocqueville Alexis de
• Con la collaborazione di: Francois Furet (Editore), François Furet (Editore), Francoise Melonio (Editore), Melonio Francoise (Editore), Alan S. Kahan (Traduzione), Kahan Alan S. (Traduzione)
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2004
• EAN: 9780226805306
• ISBN: 978-0-226-80530-6
• Pagine: 452
• Dimensioni: 142 mm x 220 mm x 25 mm
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; 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