Aristocracy and its enemies in the age of revolution / William Doyle.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Doyle, William, 1942-
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Social aspects.
Aristocracy (Political science) > France > History > 18th century.
Nobility > France > History > 18th century.
Aristocracy (Political science) > France > Public opinion > History > 18th century.
Nobility > France > Public opinion > History > 18th century.
France > Social conditions > 18th century.
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Public opinion > France > History > 18th century.
Physical Description:viii, 371 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Aristocracy ascendant : the world of eighteenth-century nobility
  • Ideologies of inequality
  • Ageless antagonisms : the limits of discontent
  • Aristocracy avoided : America and the Cincinnati
  • Straws in the wind : the breakdown of the old order
  • Aristocracy attacked : the rise and fall of the noble order
  • Aristocracy abolished : the destruction of noble power
  • Ci-devants, 1790-1792
  • Persecution, 1792-1799
  • Ambiguous aftermaths.