The French Revolution and human rights : a brief documentary history /
edited, translated, and with an introduction by Lynn Hunt
- x, 150 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
This brief documentary history explores the issue of rights and citizenship that dominated Revolutionary France and helped define modern notions of civil rights. The rich selection of 38 primary documents - many never before published in English allows students to read and analyze, firsthand, the intense debates and subsequent legislation engendered by the French Revolution. An extensive introductory essay discusses the controversies over citizenship and rights current in Enlightenment and Revolutionary France. Headnotes for the documents, a chronology, a bibliography, engravings from the period, and questions to consider are also included
0312122497 9780312122492 0312108028 9780312108021
95083510
Politics and culture--History--France--18th century--Sources
Human rights--History--France--Sources
DC158.8 / .F6895 1996
323/.0944/09033
This brief documentary history explores the issue of rights and citizenship that dominated Revolutionary France and helped define modern notions of civil rights. The rich selection of 38 primary documents - many never before published in English allows students to read and analyze, firsthand, the intense debates and subsequent legislation engendered by the French Revolution. An extensive introductory essay discusses the controversies over citizenship and rights current in Enlightenment and Revolutionary France. Headnotes for the documents, a chronology, a bibliography, engravings from the period, and questions to consider are also included
0312122497 9780312122492 0312108028 9780312108021
95083510
Politics and culture--History--France--18th century--Sources
Human rights--History--France--Sources
DC158.8 / .F6895 1996
323/.0944/09033