A new world begins : the history of the French Revolution / Jeremy D. Popkin.
Rodzaj materiału: TekstPublication details: New York : Basic Books, 2019Wydanie: First editionTyp zawartości: text Tryb odtwarzania: unmediated Typ nośnika: volumeISBN: 9780465096664 (hardcover)Inny tytuł: History of the French RevolutionTematy: France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799LOC classification: DC148 .P665 2019Opis skrócony: "The principles of the French Revolution remain the only possible basis for a just society -- even if, after more than two hundred years, they are more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the reader in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society. We meet Mirabeau, Robespierre, and Danton, in all of their brilliance and vengefulness; we witness the failed escape and execution of Louis XVI; we see women demanding equal rights and black slaves wresting freedom from revolutionaries who hesitated to act on their own principles; and we follow the rise of Napoleon out of the ashes of the Reign of Terror. Based on decades of scholarship."Obecna biblioteka | Sygnatura | Status | Termin zwrotu | Kod kreskowy |
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Biblioteka Instytutu Solidarności i Męstwa im. W. Pileckiego | DC148 .P665 2019 (Przeglądaj półkę (Otwórz poniżej)) | Dostępny | 00004888 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The principles of the French Revolution remain the only possible basis for a just society -- even if, after more than two hundred years, they are more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the reader in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society. We meet Mirabeau, Robespierre, and Danton, in all of their brilliance and vengefulness; we witness the failed escape and execution of Louis XVI; we see women demanding equal rights and black slaves wresting freedom from revolutionaries who hesitated to act on their own principles; and we follow the rise of Napoleon out of the ashes of the Reign of Terror. Based on decades of scholarship."