William Doyle (Professor Emeritus and Profe Senior Research Fellow

Origins of the French Revolution

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This revised and updated edition of the standard introduction to the origins of the greatest of all revolutions incorporates and critically appraises the results of a new generation of research and interpretation. It thus remains the essential starting point for study of the subject.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 3 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9780198731740
• ISBN-10: 0198731744
• Artikelnr.: 22001102

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Writings on Revolutionary Origins since 1939
123: The Classic InterpretationRevisionismPost-Revisionism
Part II: The Breakdown of the Old Regime
4: The Financial Crisis
5: The System of Government
6: Opposition
7: Public Opinion
8: Reform and its Failure 1787-88
Part III: The Struggle for Power
9: The Nobility
10: The Bourgeoisie
11: The Election Campaign September 1788- to May 1789
12: The Economic Crisis
13: The Estates-General, May and June 1789
14: The People of Paris
15: The Peasantry
16: Conclusion: The New Regime and its Principles
Abbreviations, Notes, Further Reading, Index of Authors Cited, General Index