{"product_id":"contesting-the-french-revolution-hardback-9781405160834","title":"Contesting the French Revolution (Hardback) 9781405160834","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eContesting the French Revolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eContesting the French Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e provides an invaluable account of recent thinking on the history and politics of the French Revolution. Hanson does not 'take sides', but by explaining what underlies the debates, and why historians have found the politics of the Revolution so important and yet so contentious, he makes it possible for students to make up their own minds. This is the best kind of teaching. Above all, he shows why the French Revolution still matters. The written style is beautifully expressed, elegant and lucid.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eMarisa Linton,\u003c\/b\u003e Kingston University  \u003cp\u003e\"Paul Hanson breathes new life into the events and ideas of the French Revolution and makes clear their relevance to topics of contemporary concern. His balanced and sensitive approach to issues such as state-sponsored and popular violence, as well as what he terms 'routine violence', will be appreciated by both scholars and students alike. Hanson's engaging and accessible writing makes the book ideal for use in the classroom.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eDenise Davidson,\u003c\/b\u003e Georgia State University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul R. Hanson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405160834, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 January 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16 x 2.6 cm, 0.517 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“The historiography of the French Revolution is notoriously voluminous. Paul Hanson is one of very few people who can be said to have mastered it.” (\u003ci\u003eInformaworld.com\u003c\/i\u003e, January 2011)  \u003cp\u003e\"This book is no neutral survey of historiography, bur an engaged contribution to the debate. Hanson challenges older revisionism by endorsing recent studies that emphasize social conflict as key to the French Revolution, and he contests interpretations of the Terror or of revolutionary violence as the outcomes of revolutionary ideology.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of World History\u003c\/i\u003e, September 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Recommended [for] Graduate students [and] faculty.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e, February 2010) Designed as an introduction both to the Revolution and to the historical controversies that surround it, \u003ci\u003eContesting the French Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is an assured, erudite survey of recent scholarship by an accomplished historian of the Revolution. (\u003ci\u003eH-France, April 2010)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eContesting the French Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e provides an insightful overview of one of history’s most significant events, as well as examining the most significant historiographical debates about this period.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the causes, events, and consequences of the French Revolution\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a stimulating analysis of the most controversial debates: Were the events of 1789 a social revolution or a political accident? Did they mark the rise of industrial capitalism or the birth of modern democracy? Was Napoleon Bonaparte an heir to the ideals of 1789 or a betrayer of the Revolution?\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how historical interpretation of the French Revolution has been influenced by the changing political and social currents of the last 200 years – from the Russian Revolution to the fall of the Berlin Wall – and how historical study has shifted from a political focus to social and cultural approaches in more recent years.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Origins: Inevitable Revolution or Resolvable Crisis? 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 1789 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Declaration of Rights and the Abolition of Feudalism 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Constitutional Monarchy 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Republic 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Regeneration and Terror 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Thermidor and the Directory 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Napoleon: Heir to the Revolution? 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Revolutionary Violence 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Legacy of the Revolution 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 220\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437780857112,"sku":"9781405160834","price":68.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405160834.jpg?v=1784939765","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/contesting-the-french-revolution-hardback-9781405160834","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}