The Cercle social, the Girondins, and the French Revolution / Gary Kates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kates, Gary, 1952- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Girondists.

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

France.

Cercle social (Paris, France).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1985]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gary Kates reconstructs the history of the Cercle Social, a group of writers and politicians who wielded considerable influence during the French Revolution and whose pioneering interest in women's rights and land reform made their club one of the most progressive in Revolutionary Paris.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. The Origins of the Cercle Social, 1789-1790

1. Bonneville, Fauchet and the Paris Municipal Revolution

2. The Fauchetins: Advocates of Representative Democracy

PART II. The Confederation des Amis de la Verite iygo-iygi

3. Club Politics and Principles

4. Regeneration of Culture

5. After Fauchet

6. A Club Transformed: Toward a Democratic Republic

PART III. The Imprimerie du Cercle Social, 1791-1793

7. Overview of a Girondin Press

8. An Intellectual Review: The Chronique du mois

9. Posters for the Sans-Culottes: Louvet and the Sentinelle

10. Daily News: The Bulletin des Amis de la Vmté

Epilogue. After the Terror

Appendix B. 13 Members of the Confederation Des Amis De La Verite

Appendix C. Authors of the Imprimerie du Cercle Social, 1790-1793.

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [295]-313.

ISBN:

9781400854974

1400854970

OCLC:

889248890