A short history of the French Revolution
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A short history of the French Revolution
Prentice Hall, c1995
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-147) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Written on a level appropriate for undergraduates, this survey of the French Revolution and Napoleonic period offers a short, concise introduction to the period. It introduces students to the major events that make up the story of the French Revolution, to the different ways in which historians have interpreted them, to the political, social, and cultural origins of the Revolution, and to the latest methodological approaches.
Table of Contents
Introduction. The Origins of the French Revolution. The Collapse of the Absolute Monarchy, 1787-1789. Successes and Failures of the Liberal Revolution, 1789-1791. The Collapse of the Constitutional Monarchy, 1791-1792. The Convention and the Republic, 1792-1794. The Return to Order, 1794-1799. The Napoleonic Consulate, 1799-1804. The Napoleonic Empire, 1804-1815. The Legacy of the Revolutionary Era. Bibliographic Essay.
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