Women and the Limits of Citizenship in the French Revolution / / Olwen Hufton.

The French masses overwhelmingly supported the Revolution in 1789. Economic hardship, hunger, and debt combined to put them solidly behind the leaders. But between the people's expectations and the politicians' interpretation of what was needed to construct a new state lay a vast chasm. Ol...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©1999
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (228 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Chapter One. Women and Politics
  • Chapter Two. Poverty and Charity: Revolutionary Mythology and Real Women
  • Chapter Three. In Search of Counter-Revolutionary Women
  • Chapter Four. Epilogue. The Legacy: Myth and Memory
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index