The Routledge Companion to the French Revolution in World History

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"Anyone interested in the French Revolution's place in world history must start with this wide-ranging and innovative volume. The most recent and original scholarship is brought together by a group of international historians to revitalize one of the most important areas of historical scholarship. The French Revolution, which had been for so long studied within a narrow national context, can only truly be understood within the context of world developments."

Lynn Hunt, UCLA, USA

"These essays offer a much needed and thought-provoking exploration of the global origins and repercussions of the French Revolution. Combining synthesis with original scholarship, this invaluable collection challenges us to rethink not only the French Revolution, but also revolution itself as an international process."

Suzanne Desan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA "Anyone interested in the French Revolution's place in world history must start with this wide-ranging and innovative volume. The most recent and original scholarship is brought together by a group of international historians to revitalize one of the most important areas of historical scholarship. The French Revolution, which had been for so long studied within a narrow national context, can only truly be understood within the context of world developments."

Lynn Hunt, UCLA, USA

"These essays offer a much needed and thought-provoking exploration of the global origins and repercussions of the French Revolution. Combining synthesis with original scholarship, this invaluable collection challenges us to rethink not only the French Revolution, but also revolution itself as an international process."

Suzanne Desan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

"Incorporating updated historiography and interpretation, the various authors contribute to a better understanding of the enduring attraction and impact of the French Revolution. Editors Forrest and Middell begin with an introduction containing a historiographic overview of the Revolution and brief summaries of the chapters. Essays are conveniently grouped into sections examining direct international impacts of the French Revolution, transnational influences and entanglements, and interpretive impacts far from France in space and time. Readers can hardly find more original research and historiography to demonstrate the impact of the Revolution in one volume. Each essay contains food for thought for both scholars and researchers about the French Revolution directly as well as its global contexts. (...) this collection contains a wealth of original research and interpretation on the global reach of the French Revolution. Summing Up: Highly recommended."

- J. Rogers, Louisiana State University Alexandria in CHOICE