Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 234 pages) : maps |
Series |
Princeton legacy library |
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Princeton legacy library.
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Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Table of Maps -- Introduction -- Foreword -- Glossary -- Part I. The Countryside in 1789 -- Part II. The 'Aristocrats' Plot' -- Part III. The Great Fear -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliographical Notes -- Index of Place Names |
Summary |
"This major work, graphically describes the panic, paranoia, and social chaos that sparked the Revolution. One of France's great historians analyzes the causes of the mass hysteria that overcame rural France during the summer of 1789, as hungry villagers flocked into towns to look for work or to beg for charity, and as vagrants and beggars choked the rural roads, threatening reprisals against householders who refused to give them shelter or a crust of bread."--- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) |
Notes |
In English, translated from the French |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (De Gruyter platform, viewed March 13, 2020) |
Subject |
Peasants -- France.
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Depressions.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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Depressions
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Economic history
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Peasants
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War -- Causes
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SUBJECT |
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051319
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Causes
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France -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051216
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Subject |
France
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Rudé, George F. E., writer of introduction.
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White, Joan (Translator), translator
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ISBN |
9781400855797 |
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1400855799 |
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1306990807 |
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9781306990806 |
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