French Revolution In Social And Political Perspective

the aim of books in this series is to bring together selections of important, formative or controversial essays and writings. The French Revolution was a seminal moment in modern history. The purpose of this Reader is not to impose order where there is none. As yet, it is too early to do more than speculate on how an intellectually coherent vision of the French Revolution might be retrieved.

This Reader introduces students to a wide range of modern scholarship on the French Revolution. The readings are grouped into five categories: Interpretations and Debates, Socio-Cultural Approaches, Gender in the Public Sphere, Revolutionary Politics, and The Crowd, Terror, and Counter-Terror.