The Afterlives of the Terror : Facing the Legacies of Mass Violence in Postrevolutionary France /

The Afterlives of the Terror : Facing the Legacies of Mass Violence in Postrevolutionary France /

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"The book is about how those who experienced the violence of the French Revolution struggled to come to terms with it in the following decades"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steinberg, Ronen, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
HISTORY / Europe / France
Social conditions.
Psychological aspects.
Political violence.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Violence politique > France > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Political violence > France > History > 18th century.
France.
France > Conditions sociales > 18e siecle.
France > Social conditions > 18th century.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Influence.
France > History > Reign of Terror, 1793-1794 > Psychological aspects.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: approaching the aftermath of the Terror
  • 1. Nomenclature: naming a difficult past after 9 Thermidor
  • 2. Accountability: the case of Joseph Le Bon
  • 3. Redress: les biens des condamnes
  • 4. Remembrance: the mass graves of the Terror
  • 5. Haunting: the ghostly presence of the Terror
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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