France before 1789: The Unraveling of an Absolutist Regime
Hardback
Main Details
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France before 1789: The Unraveling of an Absolutist Regime
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Jon Elster
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:280 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 155 |
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| Category/Genre | Social and political philosophy |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691149813
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| Classifications | Dewey:944.034 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
4 b/w illus. 2 tables. 1 map.
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
16 June 2020 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
A masterful new account of old regime France by one of the world's most prominent political philosophers France before 1789 traces the historical origins of France's National Constituent Assembly of 1789, providing a vivid portrait of the ancien regime and its complex social system in the decades before the French Revolution. Jon Elster writes i
Author Biography
Jon Elster is the Robert K. Merton Professor of Social Science at Columbia University and honorary professor at the College de France. His many books include Securities against Misrule: Juries, Assemblies, Elections; Alexis de Tocqueville: The First Social Scientist; and Ulysses and the Sirens: Studies in Rationality and Irrationality. He lives in Oslo, Norway.
Reviews"[Jon Elster] has managed to plumb the depths of archives and combine that with his penetrating insight into human behaviour. The result is a very different picture of the motivations for the revolution instead of the usual 'let them eat cake' variety of history."---Siddharth Singh, Open Magazine
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