The Old Regime and the Revolution - Softcover

De Tocqueville, Alexis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1684221544 ISBN 13: 9781684221547

Publisher: Martino Fine Books, 2017

Synopsis

2017 Reprint of 1856 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. In this work de Tocqueville analyzes French society before the French Revolution—the so-called "Ancien Regime"—and investigates the forces that caused the Revolution.  It is one of the major early historical works on the French Revolution.  De Tocqueville develops his main theory about the French revolution, the theory of continuity, in which he states that even though the French tried to dissociate themselves from the past and from the autocratic old regime, they eventually reverted to a powerful central government, in the form of Napoleon.

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About the Author

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) was born in Verneuil, France. A historian and political scientist, he came to the United States in 1831 to report on the prison system. His experiences would later become the basis for his classic study Democracy in America.

Edition details

• Publisher: Martino Fine Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1684221544
• ISBN 13: 9781684221547
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 354