Re-Writing the French Revolutionary Tradition
Re-Writing the French Revolutionary Tradition
Examining the politics of the French Revolutionary tradition during the nineteenth century Bourbon Restoration and early July Monarchy, Robert Alexander argues that political struggle was not confined to the elite. The Restoration Liberal Opposition developed a reform tradition based on legal organization and persuasion, which would prove far more effective in achieving progressive change than the revolutionary tradition of conspiracy and insurrection. Alexander analyzes relations among the Liberal Opposition, ultra-royalists and the state to support his claims.
- Presents an interesting interpretation of the nature of revolutionary tradition
- Challenges interpretations that divorce elite and popular politics and reveals previously unrecognized developments in party formation
- Based on extensive archival study which integrates national and local politics
Reviews & endorsements
"This carefully nuanced, scrupulously researched study is written for advanced scholars of modern France." History
"...an excellent book that is as informative as it is thought-provoking." The Journal of Modern History Helena Rosenblatt, Hunter College and teh Graduate Center, CUNY
Product details
October 2007Paperback
9780521039765
404 pages
228 × 152 × 26 mm
0.58kg
5 maps
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Table of Contents
- List of maps
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations used in notes
- Introduction: open questions
- 1. False starts and uncertain beginnings: from the First Restoration (May 1814) to the elections of September 1816
- 2. Battle commences: from September 1816 to July 1820
- 3. Self-defeating opposition: from July 1820 to February 1824
- 4. Back on track: from March 1824 to January 1828
- 5. Towards victory?: from January 1828 to July 1830
- 6. Aftermath: liberal opposition and the July Revolution
- Conclusion: revolutionary tradition
- Bibliography
- Index.
