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A Short History of the French Revolution book cover

8th Edition

A Short History of the French Revolution

By Jeremy D. Popkin Copyright 2024
192 Pages 15 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 15 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 15 Color Illustrations
by Routledge
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A Short History of the French Revolution is an up-to-date survey of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era that introduces readers to the origins and events of this turbulent period in French history, and historians’ interpretations of these events. The book covers all aspects of the Revolution, including the political, social, and cultural origins of the Revolution, and its causes, events,... Read more

1 The Origins of the French Revolution

2 The Collapse of the Absolute Monarchy, 1787–1789

3 The Revolutionary Rupture, 1789–1790

4 The Defeat of the Liberal Revolution, 1790–1792

5 The Convention and the Radical Republic, 1792–1794

6 The Return to Order, 1794–1799

7 The Napoleonic Consulate, 1799–1804

8 The Napoleonic Empire, 1804–1815

9 The Revolutionary Heritage

10 Chronology of Principal Events During the French Revolution

11 Suggestions for Further Reading

Biography

Jeremy D. Popkin is the William T. Bryan Chair of History at the University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky, USA). In addition to his new comprehensive history, A New World Begins: The Story of the French Revolution, he has published Revolutionary News: The Press in France, 1789–1799, You Are All Free: The Haitian Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery, and History of Modern France.

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