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Get this from a library! A short history of the French Revolution. [Jeremy D Popkin]. He has published a number of books on French history and the history of the press, including The Right-Wing Press in France, 1792-1800 (1980), News and Politics in the Age of Revolution: Jean Luzac's 'Gazette de Leyde' (1989), Revolutionary News: The Press in France, 1789-1799 (1990), A History of Modern France (1994), and A Short History of the French Revolution (1998). Popkin is also editor of Panorama of Paris: Selections from Le Tableau de Paris by Louis-Sebastien Mercier (Penn State, 1999).

Overview For courses on the French Revolution.Written for today's undergraduates, this up-to-date survey of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Period offers a shorter, concise alternative to the longer, detailed texts more appropriate for advanced study. This text introduces students to the major events that comprise the story of the French Revolution; to the different ways in which historians have interpreted them; to the political, social, and cultural origins of the Revolution; and to the latest methodological approaches. Popkin's 3rd edition has the virtue of brevity.

He concisely lays out the main reasons for the French Revolution, and the events that then unfolded. The book includes the seminal Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen from 1789. One of the key documents of human history. American readers might note some possible influences of the American Declaration of Independence. However, unlike the American Revolution and its aftermath, the story in this book is far bloodier. We see the Thermidor - the Terror, and how the French revolutionaries turned on each other, with losers bundled off to the guillotine.

No eBook available. Popkin is Professor of History and Chair of the Department at the University of. A Short History of the French Revolution: Author.

And with the ascent of Napoleon as military dictator.

Academic

Written for today's undergraduates, this up-to-date survey of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era offers a concise alternative to the longer texts geared to advanced study in the field. This text introduces students to the major events that comprise the story of the French Revolution; to the different ways in which historians have interpreted these event; to the polit Written for today's undergraduates, this up-to-date survey of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era offers a concise alternative to the longer texts geared to advanced study in the field. This text introduces students to the major events that comprise the story of the French Revolution; to the different ways in which historians have interpreted these event; to the political, social, and cultural origins of the Revolution; and to recent scholarship in the field. If you're looking for good political/social/economic info on the French Revolution - this is a great book to have. If you're doing research on the political/social economic situation - then get this book!!!

If you're looking for details of the revolutionary and napoleonic wars - then skip this book. If you're looking for exciting narrative and drama - again, skip this book. Me - I prefer a little drama and excitement in my reading material - like you'll find with some other books (see Walter Lor If you're looking for good political/social/economic info on the French Revolution - this is a great book to have.

Non-fiction

If you're doing research on the political/social economic situation - then get this book!!! If you're looking for details of the revolutionary and napoleonic wars - then skip this book.

If you're looking for exciting narrative and drama - again, skip this book. Me - I prefer a little drama and excitement in my reading material - like you'll find with some other books (see Walter Lord, Stephen Ambrose, David McCullough, etc) - but I'm glad I read this book.

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