The French Revolution - Hardcover

Thompson, J. M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 063104860X ISBN 13: 9780631048602

Publisher: Blackwell Publishers, 1985

Synopsis

This edition of J.M. Thompson's authoritative account contains a completely revised and updated bibliography.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This book is structured around a number of important themes which run across the revolutionary decade, most notably the themes of political and social change.

Alan Forrest’s book oers an interpretation of the historiography of the subject and reviews the copious literature resulting from the recent Bicentenary. Unlike some recent histories, it insists that the Revolution had a significant social dimension.

Divided into five main sections, the book examines the ideals which informed the work of the revolutionaries and the process by which they sought to dismantle the ancient regime and build a new order in France. It assesses the impact of war and counter-revolution, which in their different ways distorted the revolutionary agenda and contributed to the mood of nationalism, intolerance and terror that characterized the months of the Jacobin Republic.

About the Author

J.M. Thompson was a Tutorial Fellow in Modern History at Magdalen College, Oxford and University Lecturer in French History. He was a lecturer of great distinction, whose 'Lectures on Foreign History 1494-1789', first published in 1923, had sold over 43,000 copies by the time they went out of print 10 years ago.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 063104860X
• ISBN 13: 9780631048602
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 544