The Social Interpretation of the French Revolution (The Wiles Lectures) - Softcover

Cobban, Alfred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521667674 ISBN 13: 9780521667678

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Alfred Cobban's Social Interpretation of the French Revolution is one of the acknowledged classics of postwar historiography. Cobban saw the French Revolution as central to the "grand narrative of modern history," but provided a salutary corrective to prevalent social explanations of its origins and development. A generation later this powerful historical intervention is now reissued with a new introduction by the distinguished scholar Gwynne Lewis. It provides students with both a context for Cobban's arguments, and assesses the course of Revolutionary studies in the wake of The Social Interpretation.

About this title

About the Author:

The late Cobban was Professor of French History at University College London.

Review:

'This is a provocative, lively, and well-written book, and its call for a truly modern sociology of the Revolution can only meet with general approval.' Review of Politics

'This book will be both stimulating and challenging to all those who have so far accepted the orthodox 'bourgeois versus aristocrat' theory.' The Times Educational Supplement

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0521667674
• ISBN 13: 9780521667678
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 232