"The experience, and failure, of Louis XVI's short-lived constitutional monarchy of 1789-1792 deeply influenced the politics and course of the French Revolution. The dramatic breakdown of the political settlement of 1789 steered the French state into the decidedly stormy waters …
From one of the most exciting young historians at work today, the story of the French Revolution told through the lives of six remarkable women from different strata of French society. 16-page color insert.
Describing how the French Revolution, which seemed to promise an era of Franco-British partnership yet led to an even more bitter estrangement between the two nations, this study illuminates late 18th-century nationalism and xenophobia.
The Enlightenment shaped modernity. Western values of representative democracy and basic human rights and freedoms form an interlocking system that derives directly from the Enlightenment's philosophical revolution. This is uncontested--yet remarkably few historians or philosoph…
The Enlightenment shaped modernity. Western values of representative democracy and basic human rights, gender and racial equality, individual liberty, and freedom of expression and the press, form an interlocking system that derives directly from the Enlightenment's philosophica…
This brief documentary history explores the issue of rights and citizenship that dominated Revolutionary France and helped define modern notions of civil rights. The rich selection of 38 primary documents - many never before published in English allows students to read and analy…
How did the French Revolution become thinkable? Keith Michael Baker, a leading authority on the ideological origins of the French Revolution, explores this question in his wide-ranging collection of essays. Analyzing the new politics of contestation that transformed the traditio…
"How did the French Revolution become thinkable? Keith Michael Baker, a leading authority on the ideological origins of the French Revolution, explores this question in his wide-ranging collection of essays. Analyzing the new politics of contestation that transformed the traditi…
In addressing the key themes of nationalism and national identity, Jennifer Mori examines the impact in Britain of the French Revolution and its aftermath. The author explores the intellectual debates that fuelled the Revolution.
In addressing the key themes of nationalism and national identity, Jennifer Mori examines the impact in Britain of the French Revolution and its aftermath. The author explores the intellectual debates that fuelled the Revolution.
