A the history of the French Revolution Popkin, Jeremy D. 1948- creator author text bibliography nyu 2021 monographic eng

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viii, 627 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm "The principles of the French Revolution remain the only possible basis for a just society -- even if, after more than two hundred years, they are more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the reader in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society. We meet Mirabeau, Robespierre, and Danton, in all of their brilliance and vengefulness; we witness the failed escape and execution of Louis XVI; we see women demanding equal rights and black slaves wresting freedom from revolutionaries who hesitated to act on their own principles; and we follow the rise of Napoleon out of the ashes of the Reign of Terror. Based on decades of scholarship." Jeremy D. Popkin. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-fr--- France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Francia Historia Revolución, 1789-1799 Francia Política y gobierno 1789-1799 318 DC 148 P828n 2021 944.04 9781541620179 (paperbacks) 2019019101 DLC 190419 20240528135442.0 20939256 spa