Sister revolutions: French lightning, American light

"Although both revolutions professed similar Enlightenment ideals of freedom, equality, and justice, there were dramatic differences. The Americans were content to preserve many aspects of their English heritage; the French sought a complete break with a thousand years of history. The Americans...

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1. Verfasser: Dunn, Susan 1945- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Faber and Faber 1999
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:"Although both revolutions professed similar Enlightenment ideals of freedom, equality, and justice, there were dramatic differences. The Americans were content to preserve many aspects of their English heritage; the French sought a complete break with a thousand years of history. The Americans accepted nonviolent political conflict; the French valued unity above all. The Americans emphasized individual rights, while the French stressed public order and cohesion." "Why did the two revolutions follow such different trajectories? What influence have the two different visions of democracy had on modern history? And what lessons do they offer us about democracy today? Susan Dunn traces the legacies of the two great revolutions through modern history and up to the revolutionary movements of our own time."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:X, 258 S. Ill.
ISBN:0571199003
0571190502

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