Interpreting the French Revolution
$49.11
- Paperback
216 pages
- Release Date
24 September 1981
Summary
The French Revolution is an historical event unlike any other. It is more than just a topic of intellectual interest: it has become part of a moral and political heritage. But after two centuries, this central event in French history has usually been thought of in much the same terms as it was by its contemporaries. There have been many accounts of the French Revolution, and though their opinions differ, they have often been commemorative or anniversary interpretations of the original event. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521280495 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0521280494 |
| Author: | François Furet, Elborg Forster |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 24 September 1981 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 152mm x 228mm |
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’ … a milestone in the historiography of the French Revolution.‘William Doyle, History Today
’ … a milestone in the historiography of the French Revolution.’ William Doyle, History Today
François Furet
Francois Furet is Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and Professor of History at the University of Chicago. He is considered throughout the world to be the most outstanding living historian of the French Revolution.
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