The French Revolution, 1789-1799 /

This book provides a succinct yet up-to-date and challenging approach to the French Revolution of 1789-1799 and its consequences. Peter McPhee provides an accessible and reliable overview and one which deliberately introduces students to central debates among historians. The book has two main aims....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McPhee, Peter, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • France in the 1780s
  • The crisis of the old regime
  • The Revolution of 1789
  • The reconstruction of France, 1789-1791
  • A second Revolution, 1792
  • The Revolution in the balance, 1793
  • The Terror: revolutionary defence or paranoia?
  • Ending the Revolution, 1795-1799
  • The significance of the Revolution