The French and their revolution
Subtitle: selected writings
By: Richard Cobb ; edited and introduced by David Gilmour.
Contributors: Gilmour, David, 1952-
Publisher: The New Press; Distributed by W.W. Norton
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 471
Subjects: France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.; France -- History -- 1789-1815.; France -- Social conditions -- 18th century.; France -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
Other titles: French Revolution
Description: "Like Eric Hobsbawm and E.P. Thompson, Richard Cobb had a gift for understanding great historic events in terms of ordinary human relations. Here for the first time Cobb's widely admired chronicles of daily life in Revolutionary France are gathered into one volume with an illuminating introduction by his former pupil, historian David Gilmour."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"First published in 1998 by John Murray Ltd., London"--T.p. verso.