The Bastille : A History of a Symbol of Despotism and Freedom /

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This book is both an analysis of the Bastille as cultural paradigm and a case study on the history of French political culture. It examines in particular the storming and subsequent fall of the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789 and how it came to represent the cornerstone of the French Revolution,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Lüsebrink, Hans-Jürgen (Autor), Reichardt, Rolf (Autor)
Otros Autores: Baker, Keith Michael (Editor ), Kaplan, Steven Laurence (Editor ), Schürer, Norbert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [1997]
Colección:Bicentennial Reflections on the French Revolution
Temas:
Liberty > History.
Symbolism in politics > France.
HISTORY / Europe / France.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Editors' Introduction
  • Preface
  • Translator's Note
  • Introduction
  • I. Genesis of a Political Symbol: The Bastille, 1715-1789
  • 2. The Storming of the Bastille: The Historical Event as Collective Symbolic Action
  • 3. Revolutionary Symbolism under the Sign of the Bastille, 1789-1799: A Prime Example of the Self-Mystification of the French Revolution
  • 4. Bastille Symbolism in Modern France: The Republican Legacy of the French Revolution
  • Final Remarks: On the Origin and Function of a Historical Symbol
  • Appendix: Reports on the Storming of the Bastille, 1789
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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