Publication

2006 - The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

88,750 words, Guess

Page Count

355 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100271028882
  • ISBN-139780271028880
  • LibraryThing1966967
  • Goodreads876932
  • Library of Congress Control Number2005056687
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC944.04/1
  • LCCDC165 .T33 2006
  • LCCDC165.T33 2006

Description

"Here Timothy Tackett tests some of the diverse explanations of the origins of the French Revolution by examining the psychological itineraries of the individuals who launched itthe deputies of the Estates General and the National Assembly. Based on a wide variety of sources, notably the letters and diaries of over a hundred deputies, the book assesses their collective biographies and their cultural and political experience before and after 1789. In the face of the current "revisionist" orthodoxy, it argues that members of the Third Estate differed dramatically from the Nobility in wealth, status, and culture."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Becoming a revolutionaryThe Pennsylvania State University Press2006

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