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Living the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon / Suzanne Desan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSeries: Great courses (Compact disc)Publisher: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Company, [2013]Description: viii, 373 pages : illustrations ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 9781598039542
  • 1598039547
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 944.04 23
LOC classification:
  • DC 148 .D47 2013
Contents:
Volume 1. Disc 1. Introduction and the old regime monarchy ; Privilege: old regime society -- Disc 2. The Enlightenment ; France, global commerce, and colonization-- Disc 3. American revolution and the economic crisis ; The political awakening of 1789 -- Disc 4. July 14th: storming the Bastille ; Peasant revolt and the abolition of feudalism-- Disc 5. The declaration of the rights of man ; Paris commands its king-- Disc 6. Political apprenticeship in democracy ; Religion and the early revolution --
Volume 2. Disc 7. The revolution and the colonies ; Women's rights in the early revolution-- Disc 8. The king's flight ; Foreign reactions: a divided Europe-- Disc 9. The path to war with Europe ; Overthrowing the monarchy -- Disc 10. The king's trial ; The Republic at war-- Disc 11. Revolutionary culture and festivals ; Family and marriage-- Disc 12. Slave revolt and the abolition of slavery ; Counterrevolution and the Vendée --
Volume 3. Disc 13. The pressure cooker of politics ; Revolution in crisis: summer 1793-- Disc 14. Terror is the order of the day ; The revolution devours her children-- Disc 15. The overthrow of Robespierre ; The Thermidorian reaction -- Disc 16. The Directory: an experimental republic ; Young Napoleon-- Disc 17. The Italian campaign and the sister republics ; Sister republics? France and America-- Disc 18. Bonaparte in Egypt ; Bonaparte seizes power --
Volume 4. Disc 19. Building power: general and first consul ; Napoleon becomes Emperor-- Disc 20. Napoleon's ambitions in the new world ; Taking on the great powers-- Disc 21. Expanding the empire ; France during the empire -- Disc 22. Living under the empire ; The Russian campaign-- Disc 23. Napoleon's fall and the Hundred Days ; Waterloo and beyond-- Disc 24. Emerging political models ; Revolutionary legacies.
Lecturer: Professor Suzanne M. Desan, University of Wisconsin-Madison.Summary: A lecture series on the French Revolution. The 25 years between the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Bourbon Restoration after Napoleon in 1814 is an astonishing period in world history. This era shook the foundations of the old world and marked a permanent shift for politics, religion, and society ; not just for France, but for all of Europe.
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Books Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Institute of Behavioral Sciences Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Institute of Behavioral Sciences DC 148 .D47 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Course no. 8220.

Each volume of program contains 12 lectures; the length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min. The entire program consists of 48 lectures.

Lecture notes and program information contained in course guidebook.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-373) in course guidebook.

Volume 1. Disc 1. Introduction and the old regime monarchy ; Privilege: old regime society -- Disc 2. The Enlightenment ; France, global commerce, and colonization-- Disc 3. American revolution and the economic crisis ; The political awakening of 1789 -- Disc 4. July 14th: storming the Bastille ; Peasant revolt and the abolition of feudalism-- Disc 5. The declaration of the rights of man ; Paris commands its king-- Disc 6. Political apprenticeship in democracy ; Religion and the early revolution --

Volume 2. Disc 7. The revolution and the colonies ; Women's rights in the early revolution-- Disc 8. The king's flight ; Foreign reactions: a divided Europe-- Disc 9. The path to war with Europe ; Overthrowing the monarchy -- Disc 10. The king's trial ; The Republic at war-- Disc 11. Revolutionary culture and festivals ; Family and marriage-- Disc 12. Slave revolt and the abolition of slavery ; Counterrevolution and the Vendée --

Volume 3. Disc 13. The pressure cooker of politics ; Revolution in crisis: summer 1793-- Disc 14. Terror is the order of the day ; The revolution devours her children-- Disc 15. The overthrow of Robespierre ; The Thermidorian reaction -- Disc 16. The Directory: an experimental republic ; Young Napoleon-- Disc 17. The Italian campaign and the sister republics ; Sister republics? France and America-- Disc 18. Bonaparte in Egypt ; Bonaparte seizes power --

Volume 4. Disc 19. Building power: general and first consul ; Napoleon becomes Emperor-- Disc 20. Napoleon's ambitions in the new world ; Taking on the great powers-- Disc 21. Expanding the empire ; France during the empire -- Disc 22. Living under the empire ; The Russian campaign-- Disc 23. Napoleon's fall and the Hundred Days ; Waterloo and beyond-- Disc 24. Emerging political models ; Revolutionary legacies.

Lecturer: Professor Suzanne M. Desan, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

A lecture series on the French Revolution. The 25 years between the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Bourbon Restoration after Napoleon in 1814 is an astonishing period in world history. This era shook the foundations of the old world and marked a permanent shift for politics, religion, and society ; not just for France, but for all of Europe.

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