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1789

Door David Williams

Categorie
Europa
Boeknummer
#374966-XB47
Titel
1789: The Long and the Short of It
Auteur
Williams, David
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London : Sheffield Academic Press
Jaar van uitgave
1991
ISBN10
1850752869
ISBN13
9781850752868
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original blue boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Twelve essays by as many scholars reconsider the French Revolution in the long term and the short term, examining both the immediate events of 1789 and their long shadow over other countries and times, including our own. Some chapters focus on the Paris experience, others give a glimpse of the Revolution in the provinces or beyond the borders of France itself. To determine what it achieved, what it meant, and what it continues to mean, the scope of the study must include history and art, science and literature, Switzerland, England, Germany, Russia, Napoleon's Europe and Mitterand's. These essays originated as public lectures in the University of Sheffield, and retain much of their original liveliness and broad appeal. From a variety of vantage points they view a crucial moment in post-Ren... (Lees verder)aissance history, and gauge how the light of that moment shines in our own time.
Pagina's
271
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 20,00

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