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Cambridge University Press Impact Of The French Revolution Texts From Britain In The 1790S by Iain Hampsher-Monk
The French Revolution embodied, in the eyes of subsequent generations, the emergence of the modern political world. It made possible a new understanding of class politics, secular ideology and revolutionary transformation which inspired, argues Iain Hampsher-Monk, the whole world-wide communist experiment of the twentieth century. In this authoritative anthology of key political texts exploring the impact of this period on the British experience, Hampsher-Monk examines the variety, influence and profundity of major thinkers such as Burke, Wollstonecraft, Paine and Godwin, along with the impact of other less celebrated contemporary writers.Includes the writings of major figures such as Burke, Paine, Wollstonecraft and GodwinAuthor is a senior figure in this area and one of the founder-editors of the journal History of Political ThoughtExplores all the key conceptual issues involved in the debates on the impact of the French Revolution