Re-Creating Authority in Revolutionary France - Softcover

Ragan, Bryant T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813518423 ISBN 13: 9780813518428

Verlag: Rutgers University Press, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

"An exceptional collection of essays, at once theoretically sophisticated and empirically sound. . . . The articles are accessible . . . and allow for discussion of different approaches to historical problems."--Patricia O'Brien, University of California, Irvine

The location of authority proved transitory and elusive in France from the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789 through the Third Republic. This instability, far from having a destructive effect, created unprecedented opportunities for diverse groups to articulate new claims and aspirations. The essays in this volume analyze the struggle for political and cultural authority that unfolded during the revolutionary decade 1789-1799 and then continued throughout the nineteenth-century. They demonstrate that the Revolution created symbols and vocabularies that became persistent and often bitterly contested elements of a new political culture. Interdisciplinary in approach, this volume presents the work of a new generation of scholars of the French Revolution. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Leora Auslander, Suzanne Desan, James H. Johnson, Catherine J. Kudlick, and Michael A. Osborne. It will interest not only French historians but also students of women's history, literary criticism, and the history of science.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0813518423
• ISBN 13: 9780813518428
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 260
• Herausgeber: Williams Elizabeth A.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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