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French Revolution and human rights : a brief documentary history a brief documentary history / edited, translated, and with an introduction by Lynn Hunt.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: Eng Series: Bedford series in history and culturePublication details: Boston : Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, ©1996.Description: x, 150 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0312108028 (pbk.)
  • 9780312108021 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323/.0944/09033 21
LOC classification:
  • DC158 .F68
Online resources:
Contents:
The revolutionary origins of human rights -- The documents -- Defining rights before 1789 -- The declaration of the rights of man and citizen, 1789 -- Debates over citizenship and rights during the revolution.
Summary: This brief documentary history explores the issue of rights and citizenship that dominated Revolutionary France and helped define modern notions of civil rights. The rich selection of 38 primary documents - many never before published in English allows students to read and analyze, firsthand, the intense debates and subsequent legislation engendered by the French Revolution. An extensive introductory essay discusses the controversies over citizenship and rights current in Enlightenment and Revolutionary France. Headnotes for the documents, a chronology, a bibliography, engravings from the period, and questions to consider are also included.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-147) and index.

The revolutionary origins of human rights -- The documents -- Defining rights before 1789 -- The declaration of the rights of man and citizen, 1789 -- Debates over citizenship and rights during the revolution.

This brief documentary history explores the issue of rights and citizenship that dominated Revolutionary France and helped define modern notions of civil rights. The rich selection of 38 primary documents - many never before published in English allows students to read and analyze, firsthand, the intense debates and subsequent legislation engendered by the French Revolution. An extensive introductory essay discusses the controversies over citizenship and rights current in Enlightenment and Revolutionary France. Headnotes for the documents, a chronology, a bibliography, engravings from the period, and questions to consider are also included.

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