D G Wright

Revolution & Terror in France 1789 - 1795

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dr Wright tackles the many controversies surrounding the French Revolution. He also reviews the arguments of leading historians, and analyses some of the key documentary evidence on which they have based their judgements.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 216g
• ISBN-13: 9780582003798
• ISBN-10: 0582003792
• Artikelnr.: 22156090

Autorenporträt

D.G. Wright was Reader in History at Huddersfield Polytechnic (now the University of Huddersfield) before his retirement.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to the Series.
Acknowledgements
Part One Introduction.
1. The Problem.
Part Two: The first French Revolution.
2. Pre-Revolution, 1787-1789.
3. Liberal Revolution, 1789-1792.
Part Three: Jacobins and Sans Culottes.
4. The fall of the monarchy.
5. Anarchic Terror, 1793.
6. Robespierre and the reign of virtue.
7. Thermidor.
Part Four: Assessment
Part Five: Documents.
Glossary.
Chronological summary.
Bibliography.
Index.