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Liberty or Death.
"The French Revolution has fascinated, perplexed and inspired for more than two centuries. It was a seismic event that radically transformed France and sent shock waves across the world. In this provocative new history, Peter McPhee draws on a lifetime's study of eighteenth-century France...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Yale University Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Maps; Introduction; chapter one Patchworks of Power and Privilege France in the 1780s; chapter two A World of Intellectual Ferment; chapter three Mismanaging Crisis,1785-88; chapter four The People's Revolution, 1789; chapter five Regenerating the Nation, 1789-90; chapter six The Revolution Triumphant, 1790; chapter seven Fracturing Christ's Family Religious Schism and the King's Flight, 1790-91; chapter eight Fear and Fury, 1791-92, and a Second Revolution; chapter nine Republicans at the Crossroads, 1792-93.
- Chapter ten Liberty or Death Choosing Sides in Violent Times, 1793chapter eleven 'Terror until the peace', July-October 1793; chapter twelve Saving a Republic of Virtue, October 1793-April 1794; chapter thirteen Terror, Victory and Collapse, April-July 1794; chapter fourteen Settling Scores The Thermidorian Reaction, 1794-95; chapter fifteen Men with a Stake in Society, 1795-97; chapter sixteen The Great Nation and its Enemies, 1797-99; chapter seventeen The Significance of the French Revolution; Chronology; The Revolutionary Calendar; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.