The afterlives of the Terror : facing the legacies of mass violence in post-revolutionary France /

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"The book is about how those who experienced the violence of the French Revolution struggled to come to terms with it in the following decades"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Steinberg, Ronen, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Political violence > France > History > 18th century.
Violence politique > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
HISTORY / Europe / France
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political violence
Psychological aspects
Social conditions
France > History > Reign of Terror, 1793-1794 > Psychological aspects.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Influence.
France > Social conditions > 18th century.
France > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
France
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: approaching the aftermath of the Terror
  • 1. Nomenclature: naming a difficult past after 9 Thermidor
  • 2. Accountability: the case of Joseph Le Bon
  • 3. Redress: les biens des condamnés
  • 4. Remembrance: the mass graves of the Terror
  • 5. Haunting: the ghostly presence of the Terror
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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