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PublisherBerghahn Books, Incorporated

ISBN-101845456505

ISBN-139781845456504

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Number of Pages184 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBourgeois Revolution in France 1789-1815

SubjectSocial Classes & Economic Disparity, Europe / France, Modern / 19th Century

Publication Year2009

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science, History

AuthorHenry Heller

SeriesBerghahn Monographs in French Studies

FormatTrade Paperback

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Reviews"The book is well worth reading as a lively critique of the various revisionist attempts to deny the class character of the French Revolution, and a summary of (some of) the relevant evidence." Weekly Worker "...the book provides a considerable contribution to the ongoing discussions about the character and significance of the French Revolution... a significant enrichment and reinvigoration of the traditional Marxist explanation of the French Revolution and a fine synthesis of the many contributions to criticism of revisionist theses from especially the last two decades. Possibly this book may even provide the starting point for more synthetic re-introductions of socio-economic explanations within the historiography of the Revolution." H-Soz-und-Kult, "The book is well worth reading as a lively critique of the various revisionist attempts to deny the class character of the French Revolution, and a summary of (some of) the relevant evidence." Weekly Worker "...the book provides a considerable contribution to the ongoing discussions about the character and significance of the French Revolution... a significant enrichment and reinvigoration of the traditional Marxist explanation of the French Revolution and a fine synthesis of the many contributions to criticism of revisionist theses from especially the last two decades. Possibly this book may even provide the starting point for more synthetic re-introductions of socio-economic explanations within the historiography of the Revolution." H-Soz-und-Kult, "The book is well worth reading as a lively critique of the various revisionist attempts to deny the class character of the French Revolution, and a summary of (some of) the relevant evidence." · Weekly Worker "...the book provides a considerable contribution to the ongoing discussions about the character and significance of the French Revolution... a significant enrichment and reinvigoration of the traditional Marxist explanation of the French Revolution and a fine synthesis of the many contributions to criticism of revisionist theses from especially the last two decades. Possibly this book may even provide the starting point for more synthetic re-introductions of socio-economic explanations within the historiography of the Revolution." · H-Soz-und-Kult

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Series Volume Number5

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Dewey Decimal944.04072

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Questioning Revisionism Chapter 2. Capitalism and the Eighteenth Century French Economy Chapter 3. Capitalism, Wage Labor, and the Bourgeoisie Chapter 4. The Revolutionary Crisis Chapter 5. The Economy in Revolution (1789-1799) Chapter 6. The Directory (1795-1799) Chapter 7. The Era of Napoleon (1799-1815) Conclusion Bibliography Index

SynopsisIn the last generation the classic Marxist interpretation of theFrench Revolution has been challenged by the so-calledrevisionist school. The Marxist view that the Revolution was abourgeois and capitalist revolution has been questioned by Anglo-Saxon revisionists like Alfred Cobban and William Doyle as wellas a French school of criticism ......, In the last generation the classic Marxist interpretation of the French Revolution has been challenged by the so-called revisionist school. The Marxist view that the Revolution was a bourgeois and capitalist revolution has been questioned by Anglo-Saxon revisionists like Alfred Cobban and William Doyle as well as a French school of criticism headed by François Furet. Today revisionism is the dominant interpretation of the Revolution both in the academic world and among the educated public. Against this conception, this book reasserts the view that the Revolution - the capital event of the modern age - was indeed a capitalist and bourgeois revolution. Based on an analysis of the latest historical scholarship as well as on knowledge of Marxist theories of the transition from feudalism to capitalism, the work confutes the main arguments and contentions of the revisionist school while laying out a narrative of the causes and unfolding of the Revolution from the eighteenth century to the Napoleonic Age., "...the book provides a considerable contribution to the ongoing discussions about the character and significance of the French Revolution... a significant enrichment and reinvigoration of the traditional Marxist explanation of the French Revolution and a fine synthesis of the many contributions to criticism of revisionist theses from especially the last two decades. Possibly this book may even provide the starting point for more synthetic re-introductions of socio-economic explanations within the historiography of the Revolution." - H-Soz-und-Kult In the last generation the classic Marxist interpretation of the French Revolution has been challenged by the so-called revisionist school. The Marxist view that the Revolution was a bourgeois and capitalist revolution has been questioned by Anglo-Saxon revisionists like Alfred Cobban and William Doyle as well as a French school of criticism headed by Fran ois Furet. Today revisionism is the dominant interpretation of the Revolution both in the academic world and among the educated public. Against this conception, this book reasserts the view that the Revolution - the capital event of the modern age - was indeed a capitalist and bourgeois revolution. Based on an analysis of the latest historical scholarship as well as on knowledge of Marxist theories of the transition from feudalism to capitalism, the work confutes the main arguments and contentions of the revisionist school while laying out a narrative of the causes and unfolding of the Revolution from the eighteenth century to the Napoleonic Age. Henry Heller is Professor of Early Modern and Modern History at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. A specialist in early modern French history, he has a special interest in the origins of capitalism and in the problems of contemporary history and politics. His many publications include The Cold War and Imperialism: A Global History, 1945-2005 (New York, Monthly Review Press, 2006), Anti-Italianism in Sixteenth Century France (Toronto University Press, 2003), and Labor, science and technology in France, 1500-1620 (Cambridge University Press, 1996)., In the last generation the classic Marxist interpretation of theFrench Revolution has been challenged by the so-calledrevisionist school. The Marxist view that the Revolution was abourgeois and capitalist revolution has been questioned by Anglo-Saxon revisionists like Alfred Cobban and William Doyle as wellas a French school of criticism headed by Franï¿½ois Furet. Todayrevisionism is the dominant interpretation of the Revolution bothin the academic world and among the educated public. Against thisconception, this book reasserts the view that the Revolution -the capital event of the modern age - was indeed a capitalist andbourgeois revolution. Based on an analysis of the latesthistorical scholarship as well as on knowledge of Marxisttheories of the transition from feudalism to capitalism, the workconfutes the main arguments and contentions of the revisionistschool while laying out a narrative of the causes and unfoldingof the Revolution from the eighteenth century to the NapoleonicAge.

LC Classification NumberDC147.8 .H45 2006