false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172549521m/189555.jpg 189555 4 <p>This classic work details what happened in France during the year 1789, the first year of the French Revolution. First published in 1939 for the sesquicentennial of the Revolution, the book was suppressed by the Vichy government after the outbreak of the Second World War and the subsequent collapse of the Third Republic. Since most copies of the original French edition were destroyed, the work remained virtually unknown until Princeton University Press published R. R. Palmer's English translation in 1947. This new edition includes an introduction by Timothy Tackett that provides a short intellectual biography of Georges Lefebvre and a critical appraisal of the book after the research and reassessment of three generations of historians. </p><p>In 1939, in observation of the 150th anniversary of the French Revolution, and on the eve of the Second World War, the great French historian Georges Lefebvre published this classic study of the beginnings of the French Revolution, from the summer of 1788 to October 1789. Lefebvre's signature contribution was writing history "from below"--a Marxist approach--and his particular specialty was the French Revolution as viewed from the experiences of the peasantry. Placing the "common people" at the center of his analysis, Lefebvre emphasized the class struggles within France and the significant role they played in the coming of the Revolution. With the beginning of World War II and the rise of the Vichy government in France, however, Lefebvre's book was suppressed and burned as a piece of blasphemous and revolutionary literature.</p><p> R. R. Palmer, himself a distinguished historian of the French Revolution, translated the book into English, earning it widespread readership and recognition in the Anglo-American world. Although recent historians have reinterpreted the Revolution and disputed Lefebvre's conclusions, <i>The Coming of the French Revolution</i> remains essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of this great turning point in the formation of the modern world. More important, as Palmer pointed out, studying the origins of the French Revolution broadens contemporary understanding of democracy, dictatorship, and revolution.</p> 183253 book 1939 The Coming of the French Revolution (Princeton Classic Editions) total:55|5:7|4:16|3:27|2:4|1:1| 55 189 79 11 5 0 false false Wed Feb 25 18:30:12 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 18:38:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 25 12:49:22 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 08 10:30:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 15:08:51 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 16:24:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 21:13:45 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 21:23:00 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 19:28:28 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 10:33:58 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 10:29:28 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 12:32:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 08 09:11:20 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 08 09:15:45 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Mon Sep 22 15:58:28 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 16:00:17 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Jan 30 10:50:06 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 10:51:04 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun May 25 21:35:16 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 12:39:46 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Tue Jan 29 17:57:06 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 17:58:05 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Dec 02 08:20:49 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 08:20:49 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Nov 07 20:46:09 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 20:46:09 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 27 20:48:15 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 20:48:15 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 11 21:05:56 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 21:05:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 25 18:47:55 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 18:48:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 27 08:13:42 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 17:39:50 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 08:13:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 02 21:32:52 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 22:32:13 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jun 24 22:35:06 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 22:35:06 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jun 24 13:52:30 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 13:52:30 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=189555