Societies in Upheaval: Insurrections in France, Hungary, and Spain in the Early Eighteenth Century

by Linda Frey and Marsha L. Frey

As nation states consolidated their power in the early modern period, Europe witnessed tragic economic dislocations, oppression, and wars leading to waves of terrorism and revolution that mirror our contemporary world situation in striking ways. Current perceptions of the dynamics of revolution, however, are largely determined by theoretical models that fail to account for the realities of the early modern peiod. This volume, the first comparative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031325592X
• ISBN13: 9780313255922
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"