The Old Regime and the Revolution, Volume II
Subtitle: Notes on the French Revolution and Napoleon (Old Regime and the Revolution)
Contributors: Francois Furet (Editor); Francoise Melonio (Editor); Alan S. Kahan (Translator)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: September 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780226805337
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Political leaders & leadership; Revolutions & coups; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - Military / War; History: World; Europe; Europe - France; Military - Napoleonic Wars; Revolutionary; History / Revolutionary; Europe - General; General; Causes; France; Revolution, 1789-1799
First sentence: When Tocqueville finished The Old Regime and the Revolution in February 1856, he wrote to his English translator about what was at stake in his next work: "It will make the Revolution with its unique character emerge from what [the first volume] contained, and if I am not mistaken it will display the general movement inside and outside France.