French Revolution Recent Debates and New Controversies

Name: French Revolution Recent Debates and New Controversies
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ISBN: 9780415358330

ISBN-10: 0415358337

ISBN-13: 9780415358330

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Gary Kates, Jack Censer

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The newest edition in the successfulRewriting Historyseries, this fascinating book studies all aspects of the French Revolution, from its origins, through its development, right up to the consequences of this major historical event. Bringing together key texts at the forefront of new research and interpretation in a new student-friendly format, Gary Kates challenges orthodox assumptions concerning the origins, development and long-term historical repercussions of the Revolution. Completely updated to include discussion of new research and articles, this welcome second edition now includes: * articles on the key Reign of Terror 1793-1794 * a new article on race/colonial issues * a glossary…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/18/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.13" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction



The Overthrow of the Marxist Paradigm


The French Revolution in the History of the Contemporary World


Nobles, Bourgeois, and the Origins of the French Revolution



The Revisionist Orthodoxy


The French Revolution Revisited


Constitution



Responses to Revisionism


Bourgeois Revolution Revivified: 1789 and Social Change


Luxury, Morality, and Social Change: Why There was No Middle-Class Consciousness in Pre-Revolutionary France


Nobles and Third Estate in the Revolutionary Dynamic of the National Assembly, 1789-90


Violence, Emanciaption, and Democracy: The Countryside and the French Revolution



Gender and Colonial Studies


The Many Bodies of Marie Antoinette: Political Pornography and the Problem of the Feminine in the French Revolution


War Between Brothers and Sisters: Inheritance Law and Gender Politics in Revolutionary France


The Price of Liberty: Victor Hugues and the Administration of Freedom in Guadeloupe, 1794-1798