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Revolutionary Europe George Rude (Late of Concordia University)

Revolutionary Europe By George Rude (Late of Concordia University)

Revolutionary Europe by George Rude (Late of Concordia University)


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George Rude's text provides an account of Europe before the great upheaval, outlining both the course of the Revolution in France and Napoleon's rule, and tracing their impact and influence on Europe.

Revolutionary Europe Summary

Revolutionary Europe: 1783 - 1815 by George Rude (Late of Concordia University)

The new edition of this classic account of Revolutionary Europe brings to life many of the key issues that have fascinated historians since the fall of the Bastille and now includes a new introduction examining RudU's life and works and an updated list of readings.

About George Rude (Late of Concordia University)

At the time of his death in 1993, George Rude was Emeritus Professor of History at Concordia University, Montreal where he had worked since 1970. Previously he had taught at various schools in England and had been Professor of History at the University of Adelaide and at Flinders University. His publications include The Crowd in the French Revolution (1959), Hanoverian London 1714-1808 (1972), Europe in the Eighteenth Century (1972), Debate on Europe 1815-1850 (1972), Ideology and Popular Protest (1980), The French Revolution (1994), and The Crowd in History (1995).

Harvey J. Kaye is Ben and Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Social Change and Development, Director of the Center for History and Social Change at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, and executor of the George RudU Literary Estate. His previous books include Why Do Ruling Classes Fear History? and Other Questions (1996), The Powers of the Past (1992) and The British Marxist Historians (1995).

Table of Contents

Introduction by Harvey J. Kaye.

Preface.

Part I: Europe on the Event of the French Revolution:.

1. The Social Pattern.

2. Governments and the Conflicts within States.

3. The Conflicts between States.

Part II: The French Revolution:.

4. Why was there a Revolution in France?.

5. 1789.

6. The Reconstruction of France.

7. The Struggle for Power.

8. Robespierre.

9. The Bourgeouis Republic.

Part III: Revolutionary France:.

10. Europe and the French Revolution.

11. Revolutionary War.

Part IV: The Napoleonic Era:.

12. Napoleon and France.

13. The Napoleonic Empire.

14. The Fall of Napoleon.

15. Perspectives.

Maps.

Further Reading.

Additional Readings by Harvey J. Kaye.

Glossary.

Index.

Additional information

GOR004114544
9780631221906
0631221905
Revolutionary Europe: 1783 - 1815 by George Rude (Late of Concordia University)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2000-11-03
308
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