A natural history of revolution : violence and nature in the French revolutionary imagination, 1789-1794 /

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How did the French Revolutionaries explain, justify, and understand the extraordinary violence of their revolution? In debating this question, historians have looked to a variety of eighteenth-century sources, from Rousseau's writings to Old Regime protest tactics. A Natural History of Revoluti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miller, Mary Ashburn, 1979-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
1700 - 1799
Violence > Political aspects > France > History > 18th century.
Natural disasters > Political aspects > France > History > 18th century.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > France > History > 18th century.
Violence > Aspect politique > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Catastrophes naturelles > Aspect politique > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Discours politique > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Natural disasters > Political aspects
Rhetoric > Political aspects
Violence > Political aspects
Französische Revolution.
Gewalt.
Politische Sprache.
Naturereignis.
Naturkatastrophe.
Metapher.
Retorik > politiska aspekter > historia > Frankrike > 1700-talet.
Franska revolutionen 1789-1799.
Politiskt våld > historia > Frankrike > 1700-talet.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799.
France
Frankrike > historia > 1789-1794.
Electronic book.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ordering a disordered world
  • Terrible like an earthquake : violence as a "revolution of the earth"
  • Lightning strikes
  • Pure mountain, corruptive swamp
  • "Mountain, become a volcano"
  • Conclusion : Revolutionary like nature, natural like a revolution.

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