Tocqueville and beyond : essays on the Old Regime in honor of David D. Bien / edited by Robert M. Schwartz and Robert A. Schneider.
| Other author | Bien, David D. |
| Other author | Schwartz, Robert M., 1944 June 6- |
| Other author | Schneider, Robert Alan. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, ©2003. |
| Description | 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Tocqueville and the Old Regime / François Furet -- Recovering Tocqueville's social interpretation of the French Revolution: eighteenth-century France rethinks nobility / Jay M. Smith -- The illusion of "honor": nobility and monarchical construction in the eighteenth century / Ran Halévi -- Nobles, aristocrats, and the origins of the French Revolution / Rafe Blaufarb -- Reading Tocqueville: property and aristocracy in modern France / Robert Descimon -- Status, Corps, and monarchy: roots of modern citizenship in the Old Regime / Gail Bossenga -- Cross purposes: the intendant of La Rochelle and Protestant policy at the Revocation / Carolyn Chappell Lougee -- Tocqueville and rural politics in eighteenth-century France / Robert M. Schwartz -- Self-censorship and men of letters: Tocqueville's critique of the enlightenment in historical perspective / Robert A. Schneider -- Monarchical centralization and the birth of social sciences: voyagers and statisticians in search of France at the end of the eighteenth century / André Burguière -- The old regime and the Dutch Revolution / Wayne te Brake. |
| General note | Essays developed out of a conference held at the University of Michigan, May 21-22, 1997. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-289) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002154939 |
| ISBN | 0874138302 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | DC138.T6344 T63 2003 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |