To Speak for the People: Public Opinion and the Problem of Legitimacy in the French Revolution

by Jon Cowans

Book Overview

Although there is now a great deal of literature on the concept of public opinion in the 18th century France, it is almost entirely devoted to the pre-revolutionary years. No book has tackled the concept of public opinion in the French Revolution itself. To Speak for the People is a lucid and innovative study that finally fills this gap. Historian Jon Cowans adds a strong and genuinely original voice to the historical debate over the problem of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415929717
• ISBN13: 9780415929714
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"