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The Modern Regime Volume 2 is a book written by Hippolyte A. Taine. It is a historical analysis of the French Revolution and its aftermath, covering the period from 1789 to 1815. The book examines the political, social, and cultural changes that occurred during this time, including... Read Full Overview

"The Modern Regime Volume II" from Hippolyte Taine. French critic and historian (1828-1893).

"To treat of the Church, the School, and the Family, describe the modern milieu and note the facilities and obstacles which a society like our own encounters in this milieu," such was the programme of the last section of The Origins of Contemporary France. The present volume... Read Full Overview

Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (1828 -1893) was a French critic and historian. He was the chief theoretical influence of French naturalism, a major proponent of sociological positivism and one of the first practitioners of historicist criticism. Literary historicism as a critical movement... Read Full Overview

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