The Old Regime and the Revolution
By: Alexis de Tocqueville ; edited and with an introduction and critical apparatus by François Furet and Françoise Mélonio ; translated by Alan S. Kahan.
Contributors: Furet, François, 1927-; Mélonio, Françoise.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Subjects: France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Causes
Description: The Old Regime and the Revolution is Alexis de Tocqueville's great meditation on the origins and meanings of the French Revolution. One of the most profound and influential studies of this pivotal event, it remains a relevant and stimulating discussion of the problem of preserving individual and political freedom in the modern world. Alan Kahan's translation provides a faithful, readable rendering of Tocqueville's last masterpiece, and includes notes and variants which reveal Tocqueville's sources and include excerpts from his drafts and revisions. The introduction by France's most eminent scholars of Tocqueville and the French Revolution, Françoise Melonio and the late François Furet, provides a brilliant analysis of the work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The complete text; title: v. 2. Notes on the French Revolution and Napoleon.