The Family and the Nation
Subtitle: Gender and Citizenship in Revolutionary France, 17891830
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: June 23, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780801442865
Subjects: Civil rights & citizenship; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Revolutions & coups; c 1700 to c 1800; History: World; France; History - General History; Social conditions; Modern - 18th Century; Europe - France; Modern - 19th Century; 1789-1815; 18th century; History; Restoration, 1814-1830
First sentence: In 1794, at the height of the French Revolution, one young woman found herself writing to the National Convention.