The Contentious French

by Charles Tilly

Book Overview

In a dazzling new interpretation of four hundred years of modern French history, Charles Tilly focuses not on kings and courtiers but on the common people of village and farm buffeted by the inexorable advance of large-scale capitalism and the consolidation of a powerful nation-state. Tilly, author of The Vendee and many other books, chooses the contention of the masses as his medium in painting this vivid picture of the people's growing ability and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674166957
• ISBN13: 9780674166950
• Release Date: March 1986
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"