L'Ancien regime et la Revolution.

TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de (1805-1859)

Published by Paris, Michel Levy 1856

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. XXI,[1 blank]456,[1 errata]p. Contemp. half morocco, marbled sides, endpapers and edges, gilt-lettered back. Small stamp below the imprint. First edition. Second great book of the author, almost as succesful as his earlier Democracy in America', a thorough study of the causes of the French Revolution. It was conceived as the first volume of an unfinished greater work, a second volume would treat the events of the Revolution itself and a third volume would deal with Napoleon. Tocqueville did extensive research making use of numerous sources on the social, economic and political history of France before the Revolution in order to understand why the Revolution took place in that country rather than anywhere else in Europe. He concludes that the Revolution was not a rupture or a sudden surprise, but an acceleration of an evolution already started under the Old Regime. Seller Inventory # 23308

Bibliographic Details

Title: L'Ancien regime et la Revolution.

Publisher: Paris, Michel Levy 1856

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition