The Women of Paris and Their French Revolution: Volume 26

by Dominique Godineau

Book Overview

During the French Revolution, hundreds of domestic and working-class women of Paris were interrogated, examined, accused, denounced, arrested, and imprisoned for their rebellious and often hostile behavior. Here, for the first time in English translation, Dominique Godineau offers an illuminating account of these female revolutionaries. As nurturing and tender as they are belligerent and contentious, these are not singular female heroines but the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520067193
• ISBN13: 9780520067196
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"