The French Revolution : a document collection / Laura Mason, Tracey Rizzo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mason, Laura.

Contributor:

Rizzo, Tracey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

France.

History.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Wadsworth, [1999]

Summary:

This ... collection of [over 105] primary sources illustrates the political, cultural, and social diversity of the French Revolutionary period from the Old Regime to the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte. A variety of perspectives exposes students firsthand to the events and impact of the French Revolution. The voices of philosophers and legislators are presented alongside those of sans-culottes; the histories of women, peasants, and the free blacks and slaves of Saint Domingue are represented, as are the testimonies of revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries alike. Documents range from political pamphlets, decrees by legislative bodies, and police reports to popular petitions from the countryside and popular literature from the period. Short narrative histories ... provid[e] students with a context in which to evaluate the documents. [This book is intended] for courses on the French Revolution or for a range of courses on European history ... -Back cover.

Contents:

From Old Regime to Revolution (1610-1789)

From liberal to Republican Revolution (1789-1792)

The Republican crisis (1793-1795)

Directory and consulate (1795-1803)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-357).

Other Format:

Online version: Mason, Laura. French Revolution.

ISBN:

0669417807

9780669417807

OCLC:

40700655

Publisher Number:

99943001677