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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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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