Aristocracy and its enemies in the age of revolution
By: by William Doyle.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780199559855
Subjects: Aristocracy (Political science) -- France -- History -- 18th century; Nobility -- France -- History -- 18th century; Aristocracy (Political science) -- France -- Public opinion -- History -- 18th century; Nobility -- France -- Public opinion -- History -- 18th century; Public opinion -- France -- History -- 18th century; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Social aspects; France -- Social conditions -- 18th century; France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Aristocracy ascendant : the world of eighteenth-century nobility; title: Ideologies of inequality; title: Ageless antagonisms : the limits of discontent; title: Aristocracy avoided : America and the Cincinnati; title: Straws in the wind : the breakdown of the old order; title: Aristocracy attacked : the rise and fall of the noble order; title: Aristocracy abolished : the destruction of noble power; title: Ci-devants, 1790-1792; title: Persecution, 1792-1799; title: Ambiguous aftermaths.