1.

Record Nr.

UNIPARTHENOPE000023007

Autore

Alexander von Humboldt colloquium on celestial mechanics : <1984

Titolo

The stability of planetary systems : proceedings of the Alexander von Humboldt colloquium on Celestial mechanics, held at Ramsau, Styria, March 25-31, 1984 / edited by R. L. Duncombe, R. Dvorak and P. J. Message

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : Reidel Publishing company, c1984

Titolo uniforme

The stability of planetary systems

ISBN

9027719616

Descrizione fisica

468 p. ; 25 cm

Disciplina

521.1

Collocazione

S 521.1/10

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Sul front.: Reprinted from Celestial mechanics, vol. 34, nos. 1-4 (1984)



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828785903321

Autore

McPhee Peter <1948->

Titolo

The French Revolution, 1789-1799 / / Peter McPhee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-383-03800-7

0-19-160825-4

1-280-44658-7

0-19-158642-0

1-4237-8567-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 pages) : maps

Disciplina

944.04

Soggetti

France History Revolution, 1789-1799

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 France in the 1780's; 2 The Crisis of the Old Regime; 3 The Revolution of 1789; 4 The Reconstruction of France, 1789-1791; 5 A Second Revolution, 1792; 6 The Revolution in the Balance, 1793; 7 The Terror: Revolutionary Defence or Paranoia?; 8 Ending the Revolution, 1795-1799; 9 The Significance of the Revolution; Maps; Chronology; Appendix: The Revolutionary Calendar; A Guide to Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a succinct yet up-to-date and challenging approach to the French Revolution of 1789-1799 and its consequences. Peter McPhee provides an accessible and reliable overview and one which deliberately introduces students to central debates among historians.The book has two main aims. One aim is to consider the origins and nature of the Revolution of 1789-99. Why was there a Revolution in France in 1789? Why did the Revolution follow its particular course after 1789? When was it 'over'? A second aim is to examine the significance of the Revolutionary period in accelerating