Rewriting the French Revolution

one of the better publications of the bicentennial boom ... a good guide to most responsible scholarly opinion' Times Literary Supplement 'a collection of useful and interesting articles' Myron Kofman, Bolton Institute of Higher Education, Modern & Contemporary France, Jan '92 `The contributors are representative a cross-section of academic and political currents as they are distinguished as individuals... The attentive reader will probably be attracted - if hardly startled - not only by the juxtaposition of historical views, but also by the physical proximity of different methodological predilictions represented here. as someone who teaches the French Revolution at a specialist level, but whose research interests touch only its fringes, the present reviewer confesses himself a `perfect target'. With thanks to OUP and Colin Lucus.' Michael Broers, History 'The volume under review comes from a highly regarded press that has published many important titles in this field, and it includes contributions by some very distinguished historians' Jeremy D. Popkin, University of Kentucky, History of European Ideas 'these essays are addressed to the educated, but not specialized, reader ... They provide a broad survey of post-materialist theories on the French Revolution' Ruth F. Necheles, Long Island University, History 'These essays serve the field well by digesting a superabundance of recent research and pointing it toward some new conclusions.' Thomas M. Adams, The Historian, Spring 1993, Vol. 55 'Pride of place ... must go to Colin Jones, whose contribution quite literally dominates the symposium. Some fifty pages bristle with provocative comments and suggestions, while extensive footnotes offer an excellent, up-to-date guide to the literature on French society at the end of the eighteenth century.' Malcolm Crook, Keele University, British Journal of Eighteenth Century Studies, Spring 1993 `eight excellent essays ... Lucas's brief anthology should repay careful examination' Palmer Talbutt, Comparative Civilizations Review