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This book surveys a cross-section of historians of the Revolution from the early nineteenth century right up to the present day. From liberals to conservatives and from Marxists to revisionists, this books focuses on major figures across the numerous schools of historical thought concerned with the French Revolution.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. Immediate Responses
2. Nineteenth Century - The Liberal Perspective
3. Nineteenth Century - Idealist and Romantic Views
4. Nineteenth Century – Tocqueville
5. Nineteenth Century - Third Republic Historians
6. Twentieth Century - Marxist 'Orthodoxy'
7. Twentieth Century - 'Soft Revisionism'
8. Twentieth Century - 'Hard Revisionism'
9. Twentieth Century – Bicentenary Re-evaluations
Postscript
Bibliography

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 12/31/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719071775, 978-0719071775
      ISBN10: 0719071771

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book surveys a cross-section of historians of the Revolution from the early nineteenth century right up to the present day. From liberals to conservatives and from Marxists to revisionists, this books focuses on major figures across the numerous schools of historical thought concerned with the French Revolution.

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Introduction
      1. Immediate Responses
      2. Nineteenth Century - The Liberal Perspective
      3. Nineteenth Century - Idealist and Romantic Views
      4. Nineteenth Century – Tocqueville
      5. Nineteenth Century - Third Republic Historians
      6. Twentieth Century - Marxist 'Orthodoxy'
      7. Twentieth Century - 'Soft Revisionism'
      8. Twentieth Century - 'Hard Revisionism'
      9. Twentieth Century – Bicentenary Re-evaluations
      Postscript
      Bibliography

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