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French Revolution In Social And Political Perspective

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

French Revolution In Social And Political Perspective

Contributors:

By (Author) Peter Jones

ISBN:

9780340652909

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Hodder Arnold

Publication Date:

1st April 2003

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

944.04

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

512

Dimensions:

Width 157mm, Height 233mm, Spine 25mm

Weight:

738g

Description

Every year no fewer than 2,000 items are published on the French Revolution. Anyone approaching the subject has immediately to confront the difficulty of choosing what to read. This is exacerbated by the shifting contours of the subject itself. Traditional political and diplomatic history has faded under the pressure from social and economic historians, but now they are challenged, in turn, by the rapid growth of intellectual, cultural and gendered history.

The purpose of this Reader is not to impose order where there is none but, rather, to capture the range of activities in which historians are engaged. Constructed according to a broadly social' and political' perspective, it tries to identify those books and articles that may come to be seen as key contributions to the subject. There are five thematic sections: Interpretations and Debates; Socio-Cultural Approaches; Gender in the Public Sphere; Revolutionary Politics; The Crowd, Terror and Counter-Terror.

Reviews

'An indispensable resource for French Revolution courses, and is an excellent guide to the current state of play in interpreting the revolution' * History *

Author Bio

Peter Jones is Professor of French History at the University of Birmingham.

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