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Reflections on the impact of the French revolution : 1789, de Tocqueville, and Romanian culture

Title
Reflections on the impact of the French revolution : 1789, de Tocqueville, and Romanian culture / Alexandru Zub.
Author
Zub, Al.
Publication
Iasi ; Portland : Center for Romanian Studies, 2000.

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Description
200 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
Seven essays in which Zub (director, A. D. Xenopol Institute of History in Iasi, Romania) explores the consequences of the French Revolution for culture and civilization in 19th and 20th centuries, especially in the Romanian lands. He analyzes the complex of problems initiated by it and by the prophetic perceptions of Alexis de Tocqueville. La sfarsit de ciclu: despre impactul revolutiei franceze is the first of his books to be translated into English. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Series Statement
Veritas
Uniform Title
Veritas.
Subject
  • Tocqueville, Alexis de > Französische Revolution
  • Tocqueville, Alexis de
  • Tocqueville, Alexis de, (1805-1859)
  • 1789-1848
  • Civilization > French influences
  • Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Französische Revolution
  • Französische Revolution > Rezeption > Rumänien > Geschichte 19. Jh
  • Französische Revolution > Rezeption > Rumänien > Geschichte 20. Jh
  • Romania > History > Revolution, 1848
  • Romania > Civilization > French influences
  • France > History > Influence. > Revolution, 1789-1799
  • France
  • Romania
  • Rumänien
  • Roumanie > 1848 (Révolution)
  • Roumanie > Civilisation > Influence française
  • France > 1789-1799 (Révolution) > Influence
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: The Triumph of the Idea / Paul E. Michelson -- The French Revolution: A Bicentennial Survey -- Reconsiderations and Controversies -- A Bicentennial Perspective -- The Great Revolution: A New Synthesis -- Imagery and Fragments -- The Revolution and Studies of Its Impact -- "From the French to the Russian?" -- Images, Diffusions, Adaptations -- "The Great 1789" in Romania -- Revolutionary Ideology and Historical Discourse in the Age of Romanian National Rebirth -- The French Revolution in the Romanian Lands: Historiographical Reflexes -- Severe Criticism: Nicolae Iorga -- The Legacy of the Revolution in De Tocqueville's Work -- "To Learn Democracy" -- On the Traces of de Tocqueville in Romanian Culture -- The Melancholy of Change -- An Evolutionary Reading of History -- Variations on the Same Theme -- Instead of a Conclusion: The End of a Cycle?
ISBN
  • 9739839150
  • 9789739839150
LCCN
00711354
OCLC
  • ocm43211164
  • 43211164
  • SCSB-1245689
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library