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The Age of Cultural Revolutions: Britain and France, 1750-1820
Colin (Ed) Jones
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Paperback. Explores a key period in the making of the modern West. Although the notion of 'dual revolutions,' economic in Britain and political in France, has been vigorously challenged, this book finds that 'revolutionary' is an apt description of the important cultural transformations that took place in both France and Britain at the onset of modernity. Editor(s): Jones, Colin; Wahrman, Dror. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
In this vanguard collection, a stellar group of internationally known scholars explores a key period in the making of the modern West. Although the long-standing notion of 'dual revolutions,' economic in Britain and political in France, has been vigorously challenged in recent years, these authors find that 'revolutionary' is an apt description of the important cultural transformations that took place in both France and Britain at the onset of modernity. The essays, by social and cultural historians as well as by literary scholars, range over many critical themes within this cross-cultural revolution: class, politics, and the nature of social change; ... Read more
In this vanguard collection, a stellar group of internationally known scholars explores a key period in the making of the modern West. Although the long-standing notion of 'dual revolutions,' economic in Britain and political in France, has been vigorously challenged in recent years, these authors find that 'revolutionary' is an apt description of the important cultural transformations that took place in both France and Britain at the onset of modernity. The essays, by social and cultural historians as well as by literary scholars, range over many critical themes within this cross-cultural revolution: class, politics, and the nature of social change; ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520229679
SKU
V9780520229679
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About Colin (Ed) Jones
Colin Jones, Professor of History at Warwick University, is author most recently of France (1999) and coauthor of The Medical World of Early Modern France (with Laurence Brockliss, 1997). Dror Wahrman is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University, Associate Editor of the American Historical Review, and author of Imagining the Middle Class (1995) and the forthcoming Cultural History of ... Read more
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