Description
The French Revolution brought momentous political, social, and cultural change. Life in Revolutionary France asks how these changes affected everyday lives, in urban and rural areas, and on an international scale. An international cast of distinguished academics and emerging scholars present new research on how people experienced and survived the revolutionary decade, with a particular focus on individual and collective agency as discovered through the archival record, material culture, and the history of emotions. It combines innovative work with student-friendly essays to offer fresh perspectives on topics such as: * Political identities and activism * Gender, race, and sexuality * Transatlantic responses to war and revolution * Local and workplace surveillance and transparency * Prison communities and culture * Food, health, and radical medicine * Revolutionary childhoods With an easy-to-navigate, three-part structure, illustrations and primary source excerpts, Life in Revolutionary France is the essential text for approaching the experiences of those who lived through one of the most turbulent times in world history.
An exploration of various aspects of everyday life during the French Revolution.
About the Author
Mette Harder is Associate Professor of History at SUNY Oneonta, USA. Jennifer Ngaire Heuer is Associate Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. She is the author of The Family and The Nation: Gender and Citizenship in Revolutionary France, 1789-1830 (2005).
Reviews
[A]n outstanding, often brilliant, collection which deserves recognition and frequent consultation for its refreshing insights into the myriad worlds of revolutionary experience. * French Studies *
I have never seen such an edited volume before. Every chapter offers original scholarship and new methodological approaches, which could help any student of history read their sources with fresh eyes. This book not only teaches social and cultural history but also instructs students how to become better historians. I can offer no greater praise than the fact that I am excited to use this book in my French Revolution classes, and it also helped me to reframe my own research projects. * H-France Review *
With this engaging collection, Mette Harder and Jennifer Ngaire Heuer take distance from notions of the French Revolution as an engine of abstract change to explore how that event shaped individual lives and to examine how seemingly private choices intersected with broad social, political, and cultural movements. * Canadian Journal of History *
Life in Revolutionary France revivifies the social history of the French revolution. Mette Harder and Jennifer Ngaire Heuer's fine team of experienced and emergent scholars offer bright, insightful coverage of topics that range from religion to revolutionary justice, from prisons to prostitution, from emigres to Caribbean slaves, from armies to waxworks, from crime to diet - and much besides. * Colin Jones, Professor of History, Queen Mary University of London, UK *
Ranging from peasant resisters and Caribbean prisoners of war to prostitutes and the orphaned children of executed revolutionary leaders, this remarkably original collection opens dramatic new perspectives on the French Revolution. The ordinary is shown to be extraordinarily fascinating when lives are transformed by dramatic events. Anyone interested in the meaning of revolution will want to read these essays. * Lynn Hunt, Distinguished Research Professor of History, UCLA, USA *
The anthology is therefore an overall highly readable, inspiring and important contribution to the research debate. * Zeitschrift fur Historische Forschung (Bloomsbury Translation) *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350077294
Author Dr Mette Harder
Format Paperback
Page Count 424
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 642g
An exploration of various aspects of everyday life during the French Revolution.
About the Author
Mette Harder is Associate Professor of History at SUNY Oneonta, USA. Jennifer Ngaire Heuer is Associate Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. She is the author of The Family and The Nation: Gender and Citizenship in Revolutionary France, 1789-1830 (2005).
Reviews
[A]n outstanding, often brilliant, collection which deserves recognition and frequent consultation for its refreshing insights into the myriad worlds of revolutionary experience. * French Studies *
I have never seen such an edited volume before. Every chapter offers original scholarship and new methodological approaches, which could help any student of history read their sources with fresh eyes. This book not only teaches social and cultural history but also instructs students how to become better historians. I can offer no greater praise than the fact that I am excited to use this book in my French Revolution classes, and it also helped me to reframe my own research projects. * H-France Review *
With this engaging collection, Mette Harder and Jennifer Ngaire Heuer take distance from notions of the French Revolution as an engine of abstract change to explore how that event shaped individual lives and to examine how seemingly private choices intersected with broad social, political, and cultural movements. * Canadian Journal of History *
Life in Revolutionary France revivifies the social history of the French revolution. Mette Harder and Jennifer Ngaire Heuer's fine team of experienced and emergent scholars offer bright, insightful coverage of topics that range from religion to revolutionary justice, from prisons to prostitution, from emigres to Caribbean slaves, from armies to waxworks, from crime to diet - and much besides. * Colin Jones, Professor of History, Queen Mary University of London, UK *
Ranging from peasant resisters and Caribbean prisoners of war to prostitutes and the orphaned children of executed revolutionary leaders, this remarkably original collection opens dramatic new perspectives on the French Revolution. The ordinary is shown to be extraordinarily fascinating when lives are transformed by dramatic events. Anyone interested in the meaning of revolution will want to read these essays. * Lynn Hunt, Distinguished Research Professor of History, UCLA, USA *
The anthology is therefore an overall highly readable, inspiring and important contribution to the research debate. * Zeitschrift fur Historische Forschung (Bloomsbury Translation) *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350077294
Author Dr Mette Harder
Format Paperback
Page Count 424
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 642g
