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Autore |
Burke Edmund <1729-1797.> |
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Reflections on the revolution in France / / foreword by Francis Canavan ; [introduction by E.J. Payne] |
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Indianapolis, : Liberty Fund, 1999 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (513 p.) |
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Collana |
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Select works of Edmund Burke : a new imprint of the Payne edition ; ; v. 2 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CanavanFrancis <1917-2009.> |
PayneEdward John <1844-1904.> |
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Great Britain Politics and government 18th century |
Great Britain Colonies America |
France History Revolution, 1789-1799 |
Great Britain Relations France |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1874-1878. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Edmund Burke, Select Works of Edmund Burke, Volume 2 ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Works Title Page ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Details ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Editor's Foreword, p. ix ""; ""Editor's Note, p. xxx ""; ""Chronolgoy, p. xxxi ""; ""Introduction by E. J. Payne, p. 3 ""; ""Reflections on the Revolution in France, p. 85 ""; ""Notes, p. 367 "" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Originally published by Oxford University Press in the 1890s, the famed three-volume Payne edition of "Select Works" is universally revered by students of English history and political thought. Faithfully reproduced in each volume are E. J. Payne's notes and introductory essays. Francis Canavan, one of the great Burke scholars of the twentieth century, has added forewords. Volume 2 consists of Burke's most renowned work, "Reflections on the Revolution in France." In it, he excoriates French revolutionary leaders for recklessly destroying France's venerable institutions and way of life. He attempts not only to explain the events of the new revolution to his readers but also to persuade them that the revolution menaces the civilization of Europe in general and that of Britain in particular. In addition, he articulates a coherent political countertheory that organizes his own beliefs about God, humanity, and |
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society. This is Burke's most famous work, for over two centuries read, discussed, and pondered by thousands of students and general readers as well as by professional scholars. Francis Canavan (1917-2009) was Professor of Political Science at Fordham University from 1966 until his retirement in 1988. |
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