Coming of the French Revolution

Name: Coming of the French Revolution
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ISBN: 9780691121888

ISBN-10: 0691121885

ISBN-13: 9780691121888

Edition: 1971 (Revised)

Authors: Georges Lefebvre, R. R. Palmer, Timothy Tackett

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This classic work details what happened in France during the year 1789, the first year of the French Revolution. First published in 1939 for the sesquicentennial of the Revolution, the book was suppressed by the Vichy government after the outbreak of the Second World War and the subsequent collapse of the Third Republic. Since most copies of the original French edition were destroyed, the work remained virtually unknown until Princeton University Press published R. R. Palmer's English translation in 1947. This new edition includes an introduction by Timothy Tackett that provides a short intellectual biography of Georges Lefebvre and a critical appraisal of the book after the research and…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1971
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/7/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Introduction



Note to the Princeton Classic Edition


From the Translator's 1988 Preface


Prologue



The Aristocratic Revolution



The Aristocracy



The Crisis of the Monarchy



The Bourgeois Revolution



The Bourgeoisie



The First Victory of the Bourgeoisie



The Estates-General



The Popular Revolution



The Mobilization of the Masses



The Paris Revolution of July 14



The Municipal Revolutions in the Provinces



The Peasant Revolution



The Peasantry



The Agrarian Revolts and the Great Fear



The Rights Of Man And Citizen



The Problem of the Privileges



The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen



The October Days



The Revolutionary Solution in the Balance



The Popular Agitation



The October Days: Confirmation by Violence



Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen



Other Books by Georges Lefebvre


Index