Volume 32, Number 1 · January 31, 1985
Revolution sans Revolutionaries
By Robert Darnton
Politics, Culture, and Class in the French Revolution
by Lynn Hunt
University of California Press, 251 pp., $19.95
A half century has passed since the French banished events from history. During that period, which dates from the founding of the journal Annales in 1929, a succession of eminent French scholars taught the history profession to turn its back on politics and to contemplate the long-term ebb and flow of currents running deep beneath the frothy stuff of battles and elections.
Review, 3236 words
To read the full text of this piece, please choose one of the following options:
|
If you are already a subscriber to the Review's electronic edition, please sign in: |
To subscribe to the electronic edition, please press the button below. |
To purchase access to this article for $3, please press the button below. |