The French Revolution and Napoleon : a sourcebook / / edited by Philip G. Dwyer and Peter McPhee

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 944.04
• Soggetto topico: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
• Soggetto geografico: France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Sources
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DwyerPhilip G McPheePeter <1948->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; About the editors; Preface; A note on the Revolutionary Calendar; Chronology; The Ancien Regime challenged; Revolutionary action; Creating a regenerated France; Exclusions and inclusions; The Church and the revolutionary State; Monarchy and revolution; The Revolution at war; The end of the monarchy; The peasantry and the rural environment; A new civic culture; The republic at war; Revolt in the Vendee; The Terror at work; The Thermidorian reaction; The Directory; Bonaparte; Law and order; Rule by plebiscite; Governing the Empire ; Resistance and repressionThe Russian catastrophe; Collapse; The Hundred Days; French men and women reflect; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period was the defining moment for modern European history. Using primary texts, this volume explains the upheavals, terror, and drama that restructured politics and society on such a large scale.
• Titolo autorizzato: The French Revolution and Napoleon
• ISBN: 1-134-63837-X; 1-280-10605-0; 0-585-45286-5; 0-203-45683-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451224703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II