Books by Jacques Droz
“This is an important book because it is by an author who made his name mostly as a historian of anti-fascism in the interwar period. He’s a well established name in French scholarship, now forgotten in the English speaking world. But this book is very interesting, because again, he has a basic conceptualization of a struggle between the bourgeoisie and the working class.” Read more...
The best books on The Age of Revolution
Paschalis Kitromilides, Historian
Interviews where books by Jacques Droz were recommended
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The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848
by Eric Hobsbawm -
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Europe Between the Revolutions 1815-1848
by Jacques Droz -
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A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution
by François Furet & Mona Ozouf -
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Revolution and the Republic: A History of Political Thought in France Since the Eighteenth Century
by Jeremy Jennings -
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The Enlightenment That Failed
by Jonathan Israel
The best books on The Age of Revolution, recommended by Paschalis Kitromilides
The best books on The Age of Revolution, recommended by Paschalis Kitromilides
The American Revolution of 1776 and the French Revolution of 1789 upended the political order on both sides of the Atlantic. The battle of Waterloo in 1815 did not bring things to a close. Revolutionary activity continued in Europe and Latin America with varying degrees of success right through to 1848. Here political scientist Paschalis Kitromilides, Professor Emeritus at the University of Athens, discusses the various forces that drove the ‘age of revolution.’
