The French Revolution and Human Rights: A Brief Documentary History (Bedford Series in History & Culture) [Paperback]

Lynn Hunt (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0312108028 | ISBN-13: 978-0312108021 | Publication Date: April 15, 1996 | Edition: First Edition

This brief documentary history includes 38 documents that explore the issue of rights and citizenship in Revolutionary France and the movement that helped define modern notions of civil rights.

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"This outstanding documentary history will be of interest not only to students (and teachers) of the French Revolution but also to anyone interested in the history of human rights. It offers an unprecedented range of documents on a compelling and timely theme, introduced by the author's characteristic insight and clarity."

About the Author

LYNN HUNT, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History at University of California at Los Angeles, received her B.A. from Carleton College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. She is the author of Revolution and Urban Politics in Provincial France (1978), Politics, Culture, and Class in the French Revolution (1984), and The Family Romance of the French Revolution (1992); she is also the co-author of Telling the Truth About History (1994), co-author of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution (2001, with CD-ROM), editor of The New Cultural History (1989), editor and translator of The French Revolution and Human Rights (1996), and co-editor of Histories: French Constructions of the Past (1995), Beyond the Cultural Turn (1999), and Human Rights and Revolutions (2000). She has been awarded fellowships by the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She served as president of the American Historical Association in 2002.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's; First Edition edition (April 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312108028
• ISBN-13: 978-0312108021
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a truly brief and documentary history, November 10, 2006

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This review is from: The French Revolution and Human Rights: A Brief Documentary History (Bedford Series in History & Culture) (Paperback)

The title of the book is totally accurate. What we find in it is a brief, but also objective and straightforward, history of important issues that shaped the French Revolution and the contemporary political institution building processes. The book distributes important speeches, proposed bills and other documents in different sections, each of which dealing with specific problems (slavery, equality of citizens' rights, the status of the jews etc). It is a very useful book for those who are not scholars in the area but are looking for some reliable source. I highly recommend it.