Politics, Culture, and Class in the French Revolution: Twentieth Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface

by Lynn Hunt

2021-01-09 22:47:37

When this book was published in 1984, it reframed the debate on the French Revolution, shifting the discussion from the Revolution''s role in wider, extrinsic processes (such as modernization, capitalist development, and the rise of twentieth-century... Read more
When this book was published in 1984, it reframed the debate on the French Revolution, shifting the discussion from the Revolution''s role in wider, extrinsic processes (such as modernization, capitalist development, and the rise of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes) to its central political significance: the discovery of the potential of political action to consciously transform society by molding character, culture, and social relations. In a new preface to this twentieth-anniversary edition, Hunt reconsiders her work in the light of the past twenty years'' scholarship.
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File size8.25 X 5.5 X 0.7 in
Print pages272
PublisherUniversity of California Press
Publication date May 28, 2004
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780520241565
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Lynn Hunt is a world-renowned historian of Europe who has written numerous scholarly and popular history books. Her books have been translated into fourteen languages and read by tens of thousands of...

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