Chapter 1 Introduction: history and the post-revolutionary context -- chapter 2 Augustin Thierry (1795-1856) and the project of national history -- chapter 3 François Guizot (1787-1874) and liberal history: the concept of civilisation -- chapter 4 The historical vision of Saint-Simon (1760-1825) and the Saint-Simonians (1825-1832) -- chapter 5 Edgar Quinet (1803-1875): history, nature and religion -- chapter 6 Jules Michelet (1798-1874): history as resurrection -- chapter 7 Conclusion
Summary
Examines the way in which the past was rediscovered, retrieved and represented in post-revolutionary France, concentrating upon the Restoration and the July Monarchy
Analysis
Historiography
France
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-280) and index
