02197nam 2200493 450 991079877540332120200323152840.01-4985-3534-8(CKB)3710000000842408(EBL)4659316(PQKBManifestationID)16512328(PQKBWorkID)15041348(PQKB)20800488(MiAaPQ)EBC4659316(EXLCZ)99371000000084240820160909h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJacques Pierre Brissot in America and France, 1788-1793 in search of better worlds /Bette W. OliverLanham, [Maryland] :Lexington Books,2016.©20161 online resource (223 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-3533-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Early French Perspectives of America; Chapter Two: Brissot in America, 1788; Chapter Three: Great Expectations, Paris 1789-1790; Chapter Four: Legislating Change; Chapter Five: From Monarchy to Republic; Chapter Six: War, Division, and Terror; Chapter Seven: Destruction of the Dream; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorThis study examines Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754-1793), the influential journalist and Girondin politician who sought championed the new American republic as an example for the French revolutionary government to follow, focusing on his life from his visit to the United States in 1788 to his execution in 1793.GirondistsFranceBiographyRevolutionariesFranceBiographyFranceHistory |yRevolution, 1789-1799BiographyGirondistsRevolutionaries944.04092Oliver Bette Wyn1933-1507488MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798775403321Jacques Pierre Brissot in America and France, 1788-17933738275UNINA