Becoming a Revolutionary: The Deputies of the French National Assembly and the Emergence of a Revolutionary Culture (1789-1790)
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Becoming a Revolutionary: The Deputies of the French National Assembly and the Emergence of a Revolutionary Culture (1789-1790)
By (Author) Timothy Tackett
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
14th July 2014
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
944.04
Winner of American Historical Association Leo Gershoy Award 1997
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Paperback
374
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
510g
Description
Here Timothy Tackett tests some of the diverse explanations of the origins of the French Revolution by examining the psychological itineraries of the individuals who launched it--the deputies of the Estates General and the National Assembly. Based on a wide variety of sources, notably the letters and diaries of over a hundred deputies, the book ass
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Winner of the 1997 Leo Gershoy Award
