Rewriting the French Revolution
By: edited by Colin Lucas.
Contributors: Lucas, Colin.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Historiography.
Description: "Exploring the historical controversy over the meaning of the French Revolution, eight of the most distinguished scholars in the field--Francois Furet, Norman Hampson, Colin Jones, Louis Bergeron, Michel Vovelle, Alan Forrest, and T.C.W. Blanning--present new interpretations of its major themes, focusing on the areas of intellectual, political, religious, and social development. Two hundred years after the event, this book is a major statement of current thinking on the Revolution which will stimulate all historians of the French Revolution"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The Andrew Browning lectures, 1989."