Revolutionary ideas : an intellectual history of the French Revolution from the Rights of Man to Rob...
Revolutionary ideas : an intellectual history of the French Revolution from the Rights of Man to Robespierre / Jonathan Israel.
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Oxford ; Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014]
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G 2014/5208
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English
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viii, 870 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- Revolution of the Press (1788-90) -- From Estates-General to National Assembly (April-June 1789) -- The Rights of Man : Summer and Autumn 1789 -- Democratizing the Revolution -- Deadlock (November 1790-July 1791) -- War with the Church (1788-92) -- The Feuillant Revolution ( July 179...
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Oxford ; Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014]
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England
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[2014]
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"Historians of the French Revolution used to take for granted what was also obvious to its contemporary observers--that the Revolution was caused by the radical ideas of the Enlightenment. Yet in recent decades scholars have argued that the Revolution was brought about by social forces, politics, economics, or culture--almost anything but abstract...
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Revolutionary ideas : an intellectual history of the French Revolution from the Rights of Man to Robespierre / Jonathan Israel.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 803-831) and index.
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G 2014/5208
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74VKJqXqGWKZ
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0691151725 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691151724 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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944.04
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991022092479702626