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Legitimacy and power politics : the American and French Revolutions in international political culture /

This book examines the causes and consequences of a major transformation in both domestic and international politics: the shift from dynastically legitimated monarchical sovereignty to popularly legitimated national sovereignty. It analyzes the impact of Enlightenment discourse on politics in eighte...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Bukovansky, Mlada, 1962- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
Collection:Princeton studies in international history and politics.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction: The Transformation of Legitimacy; Chapter Two: International Political Culture and Systemic Change; Chapter Three: Old Regime Political Culture; Chapter Four: The American Revolution; Chapter Five: The French Revolution; Chapter Six: Conclusion: Fractured Hegemony and the Seeds of Change; Bibliography; Index.