The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789

by Robert Darnton

Book Overview

When a Parisian crowd stormed the Bastille in July 1789, it triggered an event of global consequence: the overthrow of the monarchy and the birth of a new society. Most historians account for the French Revolution by viewing it in retrospect as the outcome of underlying conditions such as a faltering economy, social tensions, or the influence of Enlightenment thought. But what did Parisians themselves think they were doing--how did they understand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324086424
• ISBN13: 9781324086420
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"