The Crowd in History: A Study of Popular Disturbances in France And England, 1730-1848

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Συγγραφέας: George Rude
Εκδόσεις: Lawrence & Wishart
Σελίδες: 279
ISBN: 978-1897959473

  • Προϊόν Συγγραφέας: Rude, George
  • Προϊόν Εκδότης: Lawrence & Wishart

Περιγραφή

Who took part in the widespread disturbances that periodically shook 18th-century London? What really motivated the food rioters who helped to spark off the French Revolution? How did the movement of agricultural laborers destroying new machinery spread from one village to another in the English countryside? How did the sans-culottes organize in revolutionary Paris?

George Rude was the first historian to ask such questions and in doing so he identified "the faces in the crowd" in some of the crucial episodes in modern European history. An established classic of "history from below," The Crowd in History is remarkable above all for the clarity with which it deals with the full sweep of complex events. Whether in Belgrade or Jakarta, crowds continue to make history, and George Rude's work retains all its freshness and relevance for students of history and politics and general readers alike.

This is an innovative discussion of the role of ordinary people in some of the turning-points of European history.

Editorial Reviews

'He put the mind back into history and restored the dignity of man.' --A J P Taylor

'It may seem incredible that nobody tried before to discover what sort of people actually stormed the Bastille, but Rude was the first to have done so....Like all his work, this book is concentrated, simple and clear, and admirably suited to the non-specialist reader.' --Eric Hobsbawm, New York Review of Books

About the Author
George Rude taught at universities in Canada and Australia. His numerous books include Revolutionary Europe, 1738-1815 and Ideology and Popular Protest.

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