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Vivian R. Gruder - The Notables and the Nation: The Political Schooling of the French, 1787–1788 - 9780674025349 - V9780674025349
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The Notables and the Nation: The Political Schooling of the French, 1787–1788

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Description for The Notables and the Nation: The Political Schooling of the French, 1787–1788 Hardback. The ending of absolute, centralized monarchy and the beginning of political combat between nobles and commoners make the years 1787 to 1788 the first stage of the French Revolution. The author examines how the French people became engaged in a movement of opposition that culminated in demands for the public's role in government. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 518 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 862.

The ending of absolute, centralized monarchy and the beginning of political combat between nobles and commoners make the years 1787 to 1788 the first stage of the French Revolution. In a detailed examination of this critical transition, Vivian Gruder examines how the French people became engaged in a movement of opposition that culminated in demands for the public's role in government.

Gruder traces the growing involvement of the French people in the public issues of the day, leading to increased politicization. The debates of the Assembly of Notables in early 1787 aroused public support against the monarchy and in late 1788 confirmed public opposition to the nobility. The media--including newspapers and newsletters, pamphlets, literary societies, songs, iconography, and festive activities--disseminated messages of opposition and gave voice to popular aspirations for change. At hundreds of community assemblies throughout France in late 1788, people showed remarkable astuteness about such political issues as voting and representation and demonstrated a capacity for mobilization.

The Notables and the Nation contributes to a renewed interest in the political origins of the French Revolution. It argues that a "bourgeois" revolution did take place as a movement for political aspirations, and invites us to witness the birth of popular representative government.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
518
Condition
New
Series
Harvard Historical Studies
Number of Pages
518
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674025349
SKU
V9780674025349
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About Vivian R. Gruder
Vivian R. Gruder is Professor of History Emerita, Queens College, City University of New York.

Reviews for The Notables and the Nation: The Political Schooling of the French, 1787–1788
This excellent work retraces the pre-revolutionary political events of 1787-1788. Particularly interesting is Gruder's convincing evidence
in the form of newspapers, pamphlets, and nouvelles à la main
showing that the debates of the notables, and after them the Paris Parlementaires, were widely discussed by an involved and informed French reading public. Combining a lively awareness of recent scholarship on the formation of public opinion and the nature of the reading public with a well-written, accessible text, The Notables and the Nation offers much to be admired.
Patrice Higonnet, author of Paris: Capital of the World In a detailed examination of this critical transition, Gruder examines how the French people became engaged in a movement of opposition that culminated in demands for the public's role in government.
Times Higher Education Supplement

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