The Old Regime and the French Revolution [ebook ed.] 0307773655, 9780307773654

The Colonial Machine English; French: French Science and Overseas Expansion in the Old Regime 9782503532608, 2503532608

The rise of modern science and European colonial and imperial expansion are indisputably two defining elements of modern

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French Salons: High Society and Political Sociability from the Old Regime to the Revolution of 1848 0801883865, 9780801883866

Challenging many of the conclusions of recent historiography, including the depiction of salonnières as influential powe

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French salons: high society and political sociability from the Old Regime to the Revolution of 1848 9780801877292, 9780801883866

Among the most enduring of French cultural institutions, the salon, is among the most misunderstood. Seen primarily as a

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The French Idea of Freedom: The Old Regime and the Declaration of Rights of 1789 9780804788168

“The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen of 1789” is the French Revolution’s best known utterance. By 1789,

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Utopia's Garden: French Natural History from Old Regime to Revolution 9780226768700

The royal Parisian botanical garden, the Jardin du Roi, was a jewel in the crown of the French Old Regime, praised by bo

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Utopia's garden: French natural history from Old Regime to Revolution 0226768627, 0226768635, 9780226768625, 9780226768632

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The Old Regime and the Haitian Revolution [1 ed.] 9780521545310, 9780521836807, 2011038739

The Haitian Revolution (1789–1804) was an epochal event that galvanized slaves and terrii ed planters throughout the Atl

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Unnaturally French: Foreign Citizens in the Old Regime and After 0801441420, 9780801441424, 0801488397, 9780801488399

In his rich and learned new book about the naturalization of foreigners, Peter Sahlins offers an unusual and unexpected

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Unnaturally French: Foreign Citizens in the Old Regime and After 9781501718489

In his rich and learned new book about the naturalization of foreigners, Peter Sahlins offers an unusual and unexpected

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Tocqueville and Old Regime 9781400879311

Professor Herr's brief and attractively presented Tocqueville and the Old Regime is to be commended to all who are

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