2nd Edition
The French Revolution Recent Debates and New Controversies
This fascinating book studies all aspects of the French Revolution, from its origins, through its development, right up to the consequences of this major historical event.
Bringing together key texts at the forefront of new research and interpretation, Gary Kates challenges orthodox assumptions concerning the origins, development and long-term historical repercussions of the Revolution.
Completely updated to include discussion of new research and articles, this welcome second edition includes articles discussing colonialism and family legislation, and emphasizes approaches that focus on class, gender, and race.
Including a clear and thoroughly updated introduction, this is the perfect Reader for students studying the French Revolution.
Introduction Part 1: The Overthrow of the Marxist Paradigm 1. The French Revolution in the History of the Contemporary World Albert Soboul 2. Nobles, Bourgeois, and the Origins of the French Revolution Colin Lucas Part 2: The Revisionist Orthodoxy 3. The French Revolution Revisited François Furet 4. Constitution Keith M. Baker Part 3: Responses to Revisionism 5. Bourgeois Revolution Revivified: 1789 and Social Change Colin Jones 6. Luxury, Morality, and Social Change: Why There was No Middle-Class Consciousness in Prerevolutionary France Sarah Maza 7. Nobles and Third Estate in the Revolutionary Dynamic of the National Assembly, 1789–90 Timothy Tackett 8. Violence, Emanciaption, and Democracy: The Countryside and the French Revolution John Markoff Part 4: Gender and Colonial Studies 9. The Many Bodies of Marie Antoinette: Political Pornography and the Problem of the Feminine in The French Revolution Lynn Hunt 10. "War Between Brothers and Sisters": Inheritance Law and Gender Politics in Revolutionary France Suzanne Desan 11. "The Price of Liberty:" Victor Hugues and the Administration of Freedom in Guadeloupe, 1794–1798 Laurent Dubois
Biography
Gary Kates