Ancien Regime and the French Revolution

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Ancien Regime and the French Revolution

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ISBN: 9780141441641
author: Alexis de Tocqueville
translator: Gerald Bevan
publishing house: Penguin Classics
publication date: 2008 -7
series: Penguin Classics
binding: Paperback
price: USD 15.00
number of pages: 336

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L'Ancien Régime et la Révolution

Alexis de Tocqueville    translator: Gerald Bevan

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A powerful new translation of de Tocqueville’s influential look at the origins of modern France
In this penetrating study, Alexis de Tocqueville considers the French Revolution in the context of France’s history. de Tocqueville worried that although the revolutionary spirit was still alive and well, liberty was no longer its primary objective. Just as the first Republic had fallen to Napoleon and the second had succumbed to his nephew Napoleon III, he feared that all future revolutions might experience the same fate, forever imperiling the development of democracy in France.

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Chronology
Introduction
Further Reading
Translator's Note
The Ancien Regime and the French Revolution 1
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