A New World Begins: The History Of French Revolution Jeremy D Popkin Basic Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία General Issues

The French Revolution Was \ Big Bang\ Out Of Which All Elements Modern Politics And Social Conflicts Were Formed Democracy Populism Liberalism Conservatism Socialism Nationalism Feminism Abolitionism Enlightened\ Imperialism Are Heir To Momentous Upheaval That Began In Paris 1789 Some Might Seem Only A Distant Memory Middle-Sized Country But As Esteemed Historian Jeremy Popkin Demonstrates New World Begins Principles Remain Possible Basis For Just Society -- Even If After More Than Two Hundred Years These Ideals Have Not Been Realized Still Often Contested Is Also Perhaps Most Dramatic Episode Human History Takes Us From Storming Bastille Drafting Declaration Rights Man Descent Reign Terror (And Execution Louis Xiv) Rise Napoleon His Gripping Narrative Follows Revolutionaries They Attempted Realize Principle People Born Free Equal He Shows How This Revolutionary Idea Led Both Incredible Progress Murderous Span Mere Months Paints Vivid Portraits (In)Famous Leaders Including Robespierre Danton Mirabeau At Same Time Surfaces Lesser-Known Figures Such Jean-Marie Goujon Idealistic Jacobin Who Told Beloved She Would Always Be Second Mind Fatherland François Molin Anti-Revolutionary Priest Became So Accustomed Leading Underground Religious Services Trembled When Performed Mass Public Again First Masterful Account Show Women Violence France\ S Overseas Possessions Helped Determine Course Drawing On Career Spent Studying Synthesising Last Thirty Historical Scholarship Gives Our Own Many Revolution\ Legacies Facing Renewed Challenges Across Σελίδες: 640 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0211 Διαστάσεις: 16 2X16 2Cm