The French Revolution (Revolutions in the Modern World)
By J. F. Bosher.
Description
For those who regard the French Revolution as tribal myth told and retold, this new interpretation will come as a shock.Bosher situates the revolutionary struggle not in an atmosphere of sharp class alignment, but instead with socially mixed and transient groupings. He goes deeply into the pre-Revolutionary period, examining the stresses in the social and political order of the ancien regime, as well as the ideas of the wealthy that circulated in the salons and permeated the journals and leaflets read by the populace.Central to the account is Professor Bosher's argument, novel and full...
ISBN(s)
039395997X, 9780393959970
