For those who regard the French Revolution as tribal myth told and retold; this new interpretation will come as a shock.Bosher situates the revolutionary struggle not in an atmosphere of sharp class alignment; but instead with socially mixed and transient groupings. He goes deeply into the pre-Revolutionary period; examining the stresses in the social and political order of the ancien regime; as well as the ideas of the wealthy that circulated in the salons and permeated the journals and leaflets read by the populace.Central to the account is Professor Bosher's argument; novel and fully documented; that behind the tumult was a generation of revolutionaries whose revolution was not premeditated and a series of events that were anything but inevitable even once the powder keg was ignited.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Obscure but interestingBy Thomas M. SwopeThis book covers a field before unknown to me; which is early Japanese Buddhist sculptures; in gilt bronze; from the 6th into the 8th Centuries A.D. This is pre Heian period; in Japan's formative years; and reflects the influence of China; and Korea. Very good reference book for those interested in early Asian Buddhist art.
