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Obres de Gwynne Lewis

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Data de naixement
1933-11-04
Data de defunció
2014-12-10
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
Wales, UK
Lloc de naixement
Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales
Educació
Oxford University (DPhil)
Professions
historian
Relacions
Thompson, E. P. (colleague)
Cobb, Richard (colleague)
Organitzacions
University of Warwick
Biografia breu
Also the author of Advent of modern capitalism in France, 1770-1840 (1993), a study of Pierre-François Tubeuf, whose founding of a modern coalmining industry paralleled the story of the author's native south Wales. Not yet on LT.

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This is a short introduction to the French Revolution which covers social, economical and cultural aspects, as well as examining more recent intellectual and political analyses. Taking a broad approach, the author presents a serious interpretive essay, reviewing recent debates and reassessing the nature and impact of the events of 1798. The variety of historical interpretations, as well as the range of contexts in which the Revolution has been set are reviewed. The events and their interpretations are presented, with the conclusion explicating various `orthodox' and more recent `revisionist' approaches, providing readers with an intelligent resume to the Revolution and its historians.… (més)
 
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antimuzak | Feb 25, 2006 |

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Obres
5
Membres
40
Popularitat
#370,100
Valoració
½ 3.5
Ressenyes
1
ISBN
12