The Legacy of the French Revolution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780847678426)

This collection of essays by prominent American and French scholars explores the political, cultural, and social implications of the most fundamentally formative modern event, the French Revolution. The contributors contend that the vocabulary and spirit of the French Revolution has exercised greater influence on the modern world than the more moderate and by all appearances more successful American Revolution. The Legacy of the French Revolution delineates the distinctive characters of the American and French revolutions and analyzes the different variants of democratic political traditions that have evolved from this seminal event. This book will be of particular interest to political theorists, political historians, and students of democratic theory.

Author: Ralph C. Hancock
ISBN-10: 0847678423
ISBN-13: 9780847678426
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 04/02/1996
Pages: 310
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.91w x 0.69d