Jacques Pierre Brissot in America and France, 1788-1793 : in search of better worlds /

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This book examines a decisive five-year period in the life of Jacques Pierre Brissot, one of the influential leaders of the French Revolution. An idealistic, somewhat naive journalist who became a member of the national assembly, Brissot championed the new American republic as an example for the Fre...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Oliver, Bette Wyn, 1933- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
Subjects:
Brissot de Warville, J.-P. > (Jacques-Pierre), > 1754-1793.
Brissot de Warville, J.-P. > (Jacques-Pierre), > 1754-1793
1789-1799
Girondists > France > Biography.
Revolutionaries > France > Biography.
Girondins > France > Biographies.
Révolutionnaires > France > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Girondists
Revolutionaries
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Biography.
France
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Early French perspectives of America
  • Brissot in America, 1788
  • Great expectations, 1789-1790
  • Legislating change
  • From monarchy to republic
  • War, division, and terror
  • Destruction of the dream.

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