Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Les Lettres sur la sympathie (1798) de Sophie de Grouchy Les Lettres sur la sympathie (1798) de Sophie de Grouchy Sophie de Condorcet vii, 238 p. ; 24 cm OL15425081W
Constructing Paris in the age of revolution Constructing Paris in the age of revolution Allan Potofsky "Examining the social and political history of workers and entrepreneurs engaged in constructing the French capital from 1763-1815, this book argues that Paris construction was a core sector in which… OL15500860W
States and social revolutions States and social revolutions Theda Skocpol Theda Skocpol shows how all three combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revolutionary transformations. OL2079364W
The French Revolution The French Revolution Doyle, William Beginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, this work looks at how the ancien régime became ancien as well as examining cases in which achievement failed to match ambitio… OL23960W
The French revolution, 1789-99 The French revolution, 1789-99 E.G. Rayner,R.F. Stapley Intellectual background - Peasant origins - Aristocracy and bourgeoisie - Middle class in Paris - Girondins and Jacobins - Robespierre - Social achievements - Women - Historiography - The Reign of Te… OL26357279W
Visualizing the Nation Visualizing the Nation Joan B. Landes "Popular images of women were everywhere in revolutionary France. Landes highlights the widespread circulation of images of the female body, notwithstanding the political leadership's suspicions of t… OL5093251W
Envoy to the Terror Envoy to the Terror Melanie Randolph Miller The story of Gouverneur Morris, the brilliant and unconventional Founding Father from New York, is a forgotten jewel in the crown of early American national history. Although he was an important cont… OL5703894W