The social interpretation of the French revolution / by Alfred Cobban ; with an introduction by Gwynne Lewis
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999
Edition
2nd ed
Descript
xlix, 178 p. ; 22 cm
CONTENT
Present state of history -- History and sociology -- Problem of social history -- Meaning of feudalism -- Attack on seigniorial rights -- Who were the revolutionary bourgeois? -- Economic consequences of the revolution -- Bourgeoisie of landowners -- Country against town -- Social cleavages among the peasantry -- Sans-culottes -- Poor against rich