What did it mean to live through the French Revolution? This volume provides a coherent and expansive portrait of revolutionary life by exploring the lived experience of the people of France's villages and country towns, revealing how The Revolution had a dramatic impact on daily life from family relations to religious practices.

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'The book is impressively researched, uses archival material from all the major regions of France as well as responding to a vast array of scholarship.' - James Livesey, French Studies

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PETER MCPHEE holds a Personal Chair in History at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has published widely on the history of modern France, most recently Revolution and Environment in Southern France, 1780-1830 (1999), The French Revolution 1789-1799 (2002) and A Social History of France 1789-1914 (2003).

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Book Title: Living the French Revolution, 1789-1799
Authors: Peter McPhee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230228818
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-99739-0Published: 10 October 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-57475-5Published: 10 October 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-22881-8Published: 10 October 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 319
Topics: Social History, Cultural History, European History, Modern History, History of France, History of Military

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