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"[Jon Elster] has managed to plumb the depths of archives and combine that with his penetrating insight into human behaviour. The result is a very different picture of the motivations for the revolution instead of the usual ‘let them eat cake’ variety of history."---Siddharth Singh, Open Magazine
"[France before 1789] has a cool, clear style."---Hamish Gobson, Think Scotland

France before 1789

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    A Hardback by Jon Elster

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 16 June 2020
      ISBN-13 9780691149813
      978-0691149813
      ISBN-10 069114981X
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      Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "[Jon Elster] has managed to plumb the depths of archives and combine that with his penetrating insight into human behaviour. The result is a very different picture of the motivations for the revolution instead of the usual ‘let them eat cake’ variety of history."---Siddharth Singh, Open Magazine
      "[France before 1789] has a cool, clear style."---Hamish Gobson, Think Scotland

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