Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Alexander, R. S., 1954-

Title Re-writing the French revolutionary tradition / Robert Alexander
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York, N.Y., USA : Cambridge University Press, 2003

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xi, 385 pages) : maps
Series New studies in European history
New studies in European history.
Contents False starts and uncertain beginnings, from the first Restoration (May 1814) to the elections of September 1816 -- Battle commences, from September 1816 to July 1820 -- Self-defeating opposition, from July 1820 to February 1824 -- Back on track, from March 1824 to January 1828 -- Towards victory? January 1828 to July 1830 -- Aftermath: liberal opposition and the July Revolution
Summary This book examines the politics of the French Revolutionary tradition in the early nineteenth century. The author argues that political struggle was not confined to the elite, and that the Restoration Liberal Opposition developed a reform tradition which was far more effective than the revolutionary tradition of conspiracy and insurrection
Notes Subtitle on over: Liberal opposition and the fall of the Bourbon monarchy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-359) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject HISTORY.
Politics and government
SUBJECT France -- History -- Restoration, 1814-1830. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051399
France -- History -- July Revolution, 1830. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051401
France -- Politics and government -- 1814-1830. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051478
Subject France
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0511063334
9780511063336
051111933X
9780511119330
0511071795
9780511071799
9786610160471
6610160473
9780521801225
0521801222
9780511496653
0511496656
1107130344
9781107130340
1280160470
9781280160479
0511203780
9780511203787
0511306695
9780511306693