Citizens : a chronicle of the French Revolution
Schama, Simon
Citizens : a chronicle of the French Revolution / Simon Schama - 1st Vintage Books ed. - New York : Vintage Books , 1990. - xx, 948 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 879-906) and index.
This well-written, thoroughly documented book explains the self-destructive, bloody orgy that occurred in France but not in England or Prussia, countries in similar states of poverty and with similarly deprived, disenfranchised populaces. Schama theorizes that the cause of France's revolution lies in the self-deception of the ruling intelligentsia, who believed that they could make a Utopian France by allowing controlled violence, murder, and the destruction of property in the name of liberty, and all to exist simultaneously with good government.
9780679726104
89040127
France---History---Revolution, 1789-1799
DC148 / .S43 1990
944.04 SCH
Citizens : a chronicle of the French Revolution / Simon Schama - 1st Vintage Books ed. - New York : Vintage Books , 1990. - xx, 948 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 879-906) and index.
This well-written, thoroughly documented book explains the self-destructive, bloody orgy that occurred in France but not in England or Prussia, countries in similar states of poverty and with similarly deprived, disenfranchised populaces. Schama theorizes that the cause of France's revolution lies in the self-deception of the ruling intelligentsia, who believed that they could make a Utopian France by allowing controlled violence, murder, and the destruction of property in the name of liberty, and all to exist simultaneously with good government.
9780679726104
89040127
France---History---Revolution, 1789-1799
DC148 / .S43 1990
944.04 SCH
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