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A masterful new account of old regime France by one of the world's most prominent political philosophersFrance before 1789 traces the historical origins of France's National Constituent Assembly of 1789, providing a vivid portrait of the ancien regime and its complex social system in the decades before the French Revolution. Jon Elster writes i

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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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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 13/12/2022
      ISBN13: 9780691241524, 978-0691241524
      ISBN10: 069124152X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A masterful new account of old regime France by one of the world's most prominent political philosophersFrance before 1789 traces the historical origins of France's National Constituent Assembly of 1789, providing a vivid portrait of the ancien regime and its complex social system in the decades before the French Revolution. Jon Elster writes i

      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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