Revolutionary France by Francois Furet
This is an account of 110 years of turbulence and change. At the offset there were not one, but two revolutions: by intent the first was egalitarian, the second - Bonaparte's - authoritarian. The tension between the two characterized the period and shaped the Republic that in the end emerged from the ruins of the Ancien Regime. The narrative begins in the last years of Louis XVI. The author provides an account of the years leading up to the Revolution and of the Revolution itself. The sovereignty of the people was as absolute as the monarchy it replaced, and the Terror was its tragic and inevitable consequence. Conformity in all matters from dress to religious observance was enforced in the name of equality. In 1799, after a well-planned and executed military coup, Bonaparte seized power and within five years had made himself France's first emperor. Napoleon conquered not only half of Europe but the aspirations of the Revolution, and put in place the laws in institutions by which France is still largely governed. Yet the Revolutionary ideology of liberty and equality survived Napoleon and two restorations of the monarchy, re-emerging in the popular uprisings of 1830, 1848 and 1871, and finally finding constitutional expression in the Third Republic of 1871. The book is aimed at undergraduates in European history and at general readers.
Franü¾¶”¼ois Furet (1927-'97) was professor at the ü¾Ž–Œ¼cole des hautes ü¾Ž–”¼tudes en sciences sociales in Paris and professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. His many works include Interpreting the French Revolution, The Passing of an Illusion: The Idea of Communism in the Twentieth Century, and In the Workshop of History, the latter two published by the University of Chicago Press. Deborah Furet is Franü¾¶”¼ois Furet's widow and frequent translator and works at the ü¾Ž–Œ¼cole des hautes ü¾Ž–”¼tudes en sciences sociales.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780631170297 |
| ISBN 10 | 0631170294 |
| Title | Revolutionary France |
| Author | Francois Furet |
| Series | History Of France S |
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| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 1992-12-03 |
| Number of pages | 500 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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