Lessons from America : : Liberal French Nobles in Exile, 1793-1798 / / Doina Pasca Harsanyi.
Every war has refugees; every revolution has exiles. Most of the refugees of the French Revolution mourned the demise of the monarchy. Lessons from America examines an unusual group who did not. Doina Pasca Harsanyi looks at the American experience of a group of French liberal aristocrats, early par...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014 |
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Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Aristocrats and Liberal Nobles on the Eve of the Revolution -- 2 Moreau's Circle of Friends -- 3 What to Expect When Landing in America -- 4 The American Home Away from Home -- 5 Politics, Business, and the Future of France -- 6 American Influences Under the Directory -- Conclusion: Waiting for Tocqueville -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | Every war has refugees; every revolution has exiles. Most of the refugees of the French Revolution mourned the demise of the monarchy. Lessons from America examines an unusual group who did not. Doina Pasca Harsanyi looks at the American experience of a group of French liberal aristocrats, early participants in the French Revolution, who took shelter in Philadelphia during the Reign of Terror. The book traces their path from enlightened salons to revolutionary activism to subsequent exile in America and, finally, back to government posts in France-illuminating the ways in which the French experiment in democracy was informed by the American experience. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780271051123 9783110745269 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9780271051123?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Doina Pasca Harsanyi. |