Living the French Revolution, 1789-1799 by P Mcphee

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What did it mean to live through the French Revolution? This volume provides a coherent and expansive portrait of revolutionary life by exploring the lived experience of the people of France's villages and country towns, revealing how The Revolution had a dramatic impact on daily life from family relations to religious practices.

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Living the French Revolution, 1789-1799 by P Mcphee

What did it mean to live through the French Revolution? This volume provides a coherent and expansive portrait of revolutionary life by exploring the lived experience of the people of France's villages and country towns, revealing how The Revolution had a dramatic impact on daily life from family relations to religious practices.

'The book is impressively researched, uses archival material from all the major regions of France as well as responding to a vast array of scholarship' - James Livesey, French Studies

PETER MCPHEE holds a Personal Chair in History at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has published widely on the history of modern France, most recently Revolution and Environment in Southern France, 1780-1830 (1999), The French Revolution 1789-1799 (2002) and A Social History of France 1789-1914 (2003).
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ISBN 13 9780333997390
ISBN 10 0333997395
Title Living the French Revolution, 1789-1799
Author P Mcphee
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Year published 2006-10-10
Number of pages 319
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