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Article: The French Revolution: the Essential Readings.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Canadian Journal of History
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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edited by Ronald Schechter. Oxford, Blackwell Publishers, Ltd., 2001. viii, 344 pp. $29.95 U.S. (paper).
Any attempt to identify the "essential readings" in a field of scholarship as rich as that of the French Revolution is inherently problematic. Inevitably, the selection will reflect the preferences of the editor. Fortunately, teachers of advanced courses on the French Revolution now have several such volumes from which to choose: notably, Jack Censer (ed.), The French Revolution and Intellectual History (Chicago, 1989); T.C.W. Blanning (ed.), The Rise and Fall of the French Revolution (Chicago, 1996); and Peter Jones (ed.), The French Revolution in Social and ...