The debate on the French Revolution / Peter Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Peter, 1966-

Series:

Issues in historiography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Historiography.

France.

History.

Historiography.

Physical Description:

xiii, 210 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, [2006]

Summary:

This book deals with the various types of revolutionary history and the numerous schools of historical thought concerned with the French Revolution. The survey of writings presents a cross-section of historians of the Revolution from the early nineteenth century right up to the present day. From liberals to conservatives and from Marxists to revisionists, it focuses on those individuals who are generally perceived to be the 'major' or 'pre-eminent' figures within revolutionary historiography. A ' history of the histories' , this book will be an ideal starting point for those students seeking to better-understand the French Revolution and its history.

Contents:

Introduction: competing interpretations 1

1 Immediate responses: for and against 9

Part I Nineteenth century

2 The liberal perspective 35

3 Idealist and romantic views 51

4 Tocqueville 73

5 Third Republic historians 90

Part II Twentieth century

6 Marxist 'orthodoxy' 111

7 'Soft revisionism' 134

8 'Hard revisionism' 151

9 Bicentenary re-evaluations 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-200) and index.

ISBN:

0719071763

9780719071768

0719071771

9780719071775

OCLC:

71238965