The Genesis of the French Revolution
A Global Historical Interpretation
- Author: Bailey Stone, University of Houston
- Date Published: April 1994
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521445702
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The Genesis of the French Revolution, first published in 1994, offers an interesting synthesis of the long- and short-term causes of the French Revolution. Instead of focusing exclusively upon developments within France, the book immediately places the country, and its revolution, within an international setting. Bailey Stone argues that the French Revolution stemmed from the pre-revolutionary state's converging failures in international and domestic affairs; the monarchy failed not only to remain in touch with changing social, intellectual, and political realities at home, but also to harness its citizens' ambitions and talents to the purpose of maintaining the country's international power and prestige. This analysis also provides a key to comprehending the course of events in revolutionary and post-revolutionary France - and an insight into why revolutionary movements broke out in the former USSR and its surrounding countries.
Read more- Unique analysis of the causes of the French Revolution, clearly set in an international context
- Most of the competing books provide a domestic analysis only
- Offers a valuable overview to the period of 'revolutionary Europe'
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- Date Published: April 1994
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521445702
- length: 284 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 153 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.556kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Maps
Introduction
1. The legacy of French history: the geopolitical challenge
2. The legacy of French history: the sociopolitical challenge
3. The approaches to revolution, 1774–88: the geopolitical challenge
4. The approaches to revolution, 1774–88: the sociopolitical challenge
5. The onset of revolution: from August 1788 to October 1789
Conclusion
Suggestions for further reading
Index.
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