Description
New edition of James Collins's acclaimed textbook that challenges longstanding views of the origins of modern states and absolute monarchy.
About the Author
James B. Collins is Professor of History at Georgetown University. His previous publications include From Tribes to Nation: The Making of France, c.500-1799 (2002), The Ancien Regime and the French Revolution (2002) and Classes, Estates and Order in Early Modern Brittany (1994).
Reviews
'The reader who savours the full pleasures of this book will be able to feel that he or she, at the end of it all, has a real grasp of both what happened in the old Bourbon state and how it functioned, changed and came apart. One could scarcely ask more of an introductory work; and one can only regret that more supposedly 'introductory' textbooks do not come up to Professor Collins's exacting standards.' French History
Book Information
ISBN 9780521130257
Author James B. Collins
Format Paperback
Page Count 438
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 690g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm * 20mm