The French Revolution (Rewriting Histories)

by Gary Kates (Editor), JackCenser (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  2005

  $46.46

  Part of the Rewriting History series, this book studies the aspects of the French Revolution, from its origins, through its development, right up to the consequences of this major historical event. It is for students studying the French Revolution.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $6.11

  The French Revolution is a collection of key texts at the forefront of current research and interpretation, challenging orthodox assumptions concerning the origins, development and long-term historical consequences of the Revolution. The volume includes a clear and thorough introduction by the editor which contextualises the historiographical controversies, especially those dating from 1989. The articles are woven into a sophisticated narrative, which covers areas including the inevitability of the Terror, subsequent issues for nineteenth-century French history, the intellectual connection, the later role of Napoleon, and the feminist
  d i m e n s i o n .