Becoming a Revolutionary: The Deputies of the French National Assembly and the Emergence of a Revolutionary Culture (1789-1790)

by Timothy Tackett

Book Overview

Winner of the Leo Gershoy Prize from the American Historical Association, 1998, for the best book in Early Modern European History.

Timothy Tackett's Becoming a Revolutionary revisits one of the most controversial moments in history: the beginning of the French Revolution. How did it arise? Why did French men and women become revolutionaries? To answer these questions, Tackett focuses on the experiences of the 1200 members of the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271028882
• ISBN13: 9780271028880
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"