The age of the democratic revolution a political history of Europe and America, 1760-1800

For the Western world, the period from 1760 to 1800 was the great revolutionary era in which the outlines of the modern democratic state came into being. Here for the first time in one volume is R. R. Palmer's magisterial account of this incendiary age. Palmer argues that the American, French,...

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Main Author: Palmer, R. R
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J Princeton University Press 2014
Edition:REV - Revised
Series:Princeton classics
Subjects:
18th Century
18th Century, History
Constitutional history
Europe
Europe > Politics > 18th Century
General, HBJD, JPA, HBJK, 1KBB
HISTORY
History & Theory, History
Modern
Political Science
Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Political Science
United States
ISBN:0691161283, 9780691161280
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Summary:For the Western world, the period from 1760 to 1800 was the great revolutionary era in which the outlines of the modern democratic state came into being. Here for the first time in one volume is R. R. Palmer's magisterial account of this incendiary age. Palmer argues that the American, French, and Polish revolutions-and the movements for political change in Britain, Ireland, Holland, and elsewhere-were manifestations of similar political ideas, needs, and conflicts. Palmer traces the clash between an older form of society, marked by legalized social rank and hereditary or self-perpetuating elites, and a new form of society that placed a greater value on social mobility and legal equality. Featuring a new foreword by David Armitage, this Princeton Classics edition ofThe Age of the Democratic Revolutionintroduces a new generation of readers to this enduring work of political history.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
"This book includes the complete text of the work originally published in two volumes as The age of the democratic revolution: the challenge (copyright c1959 by Princeton University Press) and The age of the democratic revolution: the struggle (copyright c1964 by Princeton University Press)"--T.p. verso
ISBN:0691161283
9780691161280