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Article: Making Democracy in the French Revolution.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Canadian Journal of History
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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by James Livesey. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2001. vii, 326 pp. $49.95 U.S. (cloth).
Over two hundred years on, the French Revolution is constantly undergoing metamorphosis in terms of interpretation and emphasis. The book under consideration here is proof positive to this statement. According to James Livesey, the revolution, over the past number of years, has suffered from insignificance in terms of modern history. The French Revolution is no longer of any significant historical value. It contributed very little to the development of modern political values. What the author terms "the devaluation" of the French Revolution has had a ...