TY - BOOK AU - Hunt,Lynn TI - The French Revolution and human rights: a brief documentary history SN - 0312122497 AV - DC158.8 .F6895 1996 U1 - 323/.0944/09033 22 PY - 1996///] CY - Boston PB - Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press KW - Politics and culture KW - France KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Sources KW - Human rights N2 - 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 ER -