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Author: Vanessa R. Schwartz
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 2011-10-10
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 0195389417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe French Revolution, politics and the modern nation -- French and the civilizing mission -- Paris and magnetic appeal -- France stirs up the melting pot -- France hurtles into the future.
Author: William Doyle
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 2001-08-23
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 0192853961
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, this work looks at how the ancien régime became ancien as well as examining cases in which achievement failed to match ambition.
Author: James B. Collins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995-09-28
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780521387248
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA major new textbook examining the nature of the state and the monarchy in early modern France.
Author: Senia Paseta
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2003-03-27
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 019157757X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a book about the Irish Question, or more specifically about Irish Questions. The term has become something of a catch-all, a convenient way to encompass numerous issues and developments which pertain to the political, social, and economic history of modern Ireland.The Irish Question has of course changed: one of the main aims of this book is to explore the complicated and shifting nature of the Irish Question and to assess what it has meant to various political minds and agendas. No other issue brought down as many nineteenth-century governments and no comparable twentieth-century dilemma has matched its ability to frustrate the attempts of British cabinets to find a solution; this inability to find a lasting answer to the Irish Question is especially striking when seen in the context of the massive shifts in British foreign policy brought about by two world wars, decolonization, and the cold war. Senia Paseta charts the changing nature of the Irish Question over the last 200 years, within an international political and social historical context. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author: Vanessa R. Schwartz
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011-10-03
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 0199874905
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA lively and informative short volume that shows that France is not a faded glory but rather a place that has defined and shaped the key issues of our contemporary world, such as democracy and universal human rights, the emergence of a culture of consumerist spectacle, the tensions between nationalism and contemporary multiculturalism, and the role of religion in the modern state.
Author: William M. Hamlin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2020-10-01
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 0190848790
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe French author Michel de Montaigne is widely regarded as the founder and greatest practitioner of the personal essay. A member of the minor aristocracy, he worked as a judicial investigator, served as mayor of Bordeaux, and sought to bring stability to his war-torn country during the latter half of the sixteenth century. He is best known today, however, as the author of the Essays, a vast collection of meditations on topics ranging from love and sexuality to freedom, learning, doubt, self-scrutiny, and peace of mind. One of the most original books ever to emerge from Europe, Montaigne's masterpiece has been continuously and powerfully influential among writers and philosophers from its first appearance down to the present day. His extraordinary curiosity and discernment, combined with his ability to mix thoughtful judgment with revealing anecdote, make him one of the most readable of all writers. In Montaigne: A Very Short Introduction, William M. Hamlin provides an overview of Montaigne's life, thought, and writing, situating the Essays within the arc of Montaigne's lived experience and focusing on themes of particular interest for contemporary readers. Designed for a broad audience, this introduction will appeal to first-time students of Montaigne as well as to seasoned experts and admirers. Well-informed and lucidly written, Hamlin's book offers an ideal point of entry into the life and work of the world's first and most extraordinary essayist.
Author: Stephen Gaukroger
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 0198829175
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book covers French philosophy from its origins in the sixteenth century up to the present, analysing it within its social, political, and cultural context. Throughout, the book explores the dilemma sustained by the markedly national conception of French philosophy, and its history of speaking out on matters of universal concern.
Author: John Arnold
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 2000-02-24
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 019285352X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStarting with an examination of how historians work, this "Very Short Introduction" aims to explore history in a general, pithy, and accessible manner, rather than to delve into specific periods.
Author: John Robertson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 0199591784
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis introduction explores the history of the 18th-century Enlightenment movement. Considering its intellectual commitments, Robertson then turns to their impact on society, and the ways in which Enlightenment thinkers sought to further the goal of human betterment, by promoting economic improvement and civil and political justice.
Author: Jack A. Goldstone
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 0197666302
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In the 20th and 21st century revolutions have become more urban, often less violent, but also more frequent and more transformative of the international order. Whether it is the revolutions against Communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR; the "color revolutions" across Asia, Europe and North Africa; or the religious revolutions in Iran, Afghanistan, and Syria; today's revolutions are quite different from those of the past. Modern theories of revolution have therefore replaced the older class-based theories with more varied, dynamic, and contingent models of social and political change. This new edition updates the history of revolutions, from Classical Greece and Rome to the Revolution of Dignity in the Ukraine, with attention to the changing types and outcomes of revolutionary struggles. It also presents the latest advances in the theory of revolutions, including the issues of revolutionary waves, revolutionary leadership, international influences, and the likelihood of revolutions to come. This volume provides a brief but comprehensive introduction to the nature of revolutions and their role in global history"--
