Britain and the French Revolution by Clive Emsley - 9780582369610

Britain and the French RevolutionAuthor(s): Clive Emsley\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Longman\nISBN-13: 9780582369610, 978-0582369610\nSynopsis\nThe French Revolution catapulted Europe into a new period of political upheaval, social change, and into the modern era.\n\nThis book provides a concise introduction to the impact of the French Revolution on Britain and to the ways in which this impact has been assessed by historians.\n\nThe book is organised thematically. It begins with a survey of the ideological debate sparked off by the Revolution discussing, in particular, the work of people such as Burke, Paine, Spence and Wollstonecraft. From here it presents an exploration of the Revolution s impact on\n\nParliamentary polities\nThe growth of radicalism and loyalism\nThe way in which French ideas influenced Irish aspirations to generate rebellion\n\nThe third main section of the book focuses on the causes and course of Britain s wa.