The Social Interpretation of the French Revolution

by Alfred Cobban

Book Overview

Alfred Cobban's Social Interpretation of the French Revolution is one of the acknowledged classics of postwar historiography. Cobban saw the French Revolution as central to the grand narrative of modern history, but provided a salutary corrective to prevalent social explanations of its origins and development. A generation later this powerful historical intervention is now reissued with a new introduction by the distinguished scholar Gwynne Lewis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521667674
• ISBN13: 9780521667678
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"