A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution: (Book)
Title: A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution:
Author: Jeremy David Popkin
Abstract: 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, A New World Begins will stand as the definitive treatment of the French Revolution.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/jeremy-popkin/a-new-world-begins/9780465096671/
Publisher: Basic Books
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9780465096671
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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