The Old Regime and the Revolution, Volume I


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The Old Regime and the Revolution is Alexis de Tocqueville's great meditation on the origins and meanings of the French Revolution. One of the most profound and influential studies of this pivotal event, it remains a relevant and stimulating discussion of the problem of preserving individual and political freedom in the modern world. Alan Kahan's translation provides a faithful, readable rendering of Tocqueville's last masterpiece, and includes notes and variants which reveal Tocqueville's sources and include excerpts from his drafts and revisions. The introduction by France's most eminent scholars of Tocqueville and the French Revolution, Françoise Mélonio and the late François Furet, provides a brilliant analysis of the work.










Brissot de Warville; a Study in the History of the French Revolution


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX C ACCUSATION AGAINST BRISSOT IN CONNECTION WITH THE COLONIES (Archives Nationales. AA 54, 1509. 2, no. 46.) Notices sur Brissot Bribsot a ete l'agent de l'engleterre [sic] pour ruiner les Colonies Francaises. Brissot connoissoit le genie des hommes de couleur et l'esprit public des colonies. il [sic] scavoit que pour agiter les Colonies, il suffisent de metre [sic] en mouvement les passions de ces deux classes d'hommes quel'encien [sic] regime avoit places a de grandes distances. C'est pour cela que le 15 fevrier 1790. No. CXCI il applaudit a Joly de Fleury qui demanda a la Commune de Paris qu 'elle sollicitait aupres de l'assemblee Constituante L'admission des hommes de Couleur dans son sein. Brissot appuya cette petition a la Commune dont il etoit membre. Brissot dit dans son No. 233, 29, Mars., 1790, que ne pas admetre les deputes des hommes de couleur au sein de l'assemblee Constituante: ' C'est preparer la ruine de la Colonie. Dans son No. 594, 25 Mars 1791. Brissot dit que l'assemblee nationale ne doit pas balancer de prefferer [sic] aux blancs les hommes de Couleur dont les vertus fairont [sic] un jour la regeneration et la prosperite des Colonies. Dans son No. 664, 3, Juin 1791, il se pleint [sic] de ce que le Comite Colonial n'a pas provoque de l'assemblee nationale le decret d'admission des deputes des hommes de couleur. Dans son No. 816, Novembre 4,1791, sachant que les Commercans du Havre preparaient des secours pour S[ain]t Domingue; il les accuse de n 'y porter des secours que pour aider les blancs a opprimer les hommes de couleur. Dans son No. 820. Novembre 8, 1791, il dit que les..




The History of the French Revolution, 1789-1800


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