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Lefebvre, Georges - zhôrzh, 1874–1959, French historian, an authority on the French Revolutionary period. From 1937 to 1945 he held the chair of French Revolutionary history at the Sorbonne, and he founded the Institut d'histoire de la Révolution française. Lefebvre's most original contributions were the writing of history from below, particularly the French Revolution


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    The French Revolution, Vol I: From Its Origins to 1793 » Read Now

    by Georges Lefebvre, Elizabeth Moss Evanson. 368 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    "In this grand synthesis, in which every sentence could be backed up by a footnote, Lefebvre displays his judgment, his superb grasp of the sources, and the fresh insights he wrestled from his materials. All these qualities make The French Revolution a masterpiece." -- Peter Gay
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    Studies and Notes Supplementary to Stubbs' Constitutional History » Read Now

    by Ch. Petit-Dutaillis, Georges Lefebvre. 518 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...HISTORY BY CH. PETIT-DUTAILLIS, D-ES-L. AND GEORGES LEFEBVRE MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS BARNES NOBLE INC...Dutaillis. He was able to secure the co-operation of M. Georges...
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    The Eighteenth-Century Revolution: French or Western? (Part III "Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century: The French Revolution in the Context of World History" by Georges Lefebvre) » Read Now

    by Peter H. Amann. 116 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...EIGHTEENTH CENTURY GEORGES LEFEBVRE The French Revolution in the...revolution of equality. . . ." -- GEORGES LEFEBVRE ". . . the revolution became...own Louis Gottschalk...
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    The Economic Origins of the French Revolution: Poverty or Prosperit ("French Revolution and the Peasant" by Georges Lefebvre begins on p. 73) » Read Now

    by Ralph W. Greenlaw. 95 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...Regime 59 GEORGES LEFEBVRE The French Revolution and...scholar of the Revolution, Georges Lefebvre published a detailed study...movement on a nation-wide scale, Lefebvre...
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    Understanding the French Revolution (Chap. 15 "Georges Lefebvre (1874-1959): Historian of the French Revolution") » Read Now

    by Albert Soboul. 336 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Seventeen fascinating essays on many aspects of the French Revolution. Soboul was chair of the History of the French Revolution at the Sorbonne for many years until his death in 1982. Maps. Glossary. Notes. Brief biography of the author.
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    Napoleon: For and Against (Chap. IX "Georges Lefebvre: The Author and the Work") » Read Now

    by Pieter M. Geyl, Olive M. Renier. 482 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...UNIVERSITAIRE 403 IX GEORGES LEFEBVRE 421 CHRONOLOGICAL...University. CHAPTER III ARMAND LEFEBVRE THE SPIRIT OF HIS WORK...to appear. They were Armand Lefebvres Histoire...
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    The Abolition of Feudalism: Peasants, Lords, and Legislators in the French Revolution » Read Now

    by John Markoff. 689 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...of the French Revolution. Georges Lefebvre 17 saw the peasant revolt...17 Georges Lefebvre, "La Revolution francaise et...defensive peasant action. Georges Lefebvre 2...
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    The Crowd in American History, in ATQ » Read Now

    by Paul A. Gilje. 26 pgs.

    ...European scholars. Starting in the 1930s Marxist Georges Lefebvre challenged the conservative assumptions of Le Bon...1917-1939." American Studies 27 (1986): 99-114...
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    Fifty Years of Rewriting the French Revolution: John Dunne Signposts Main Landmarks and Current Directions in the Historiographical Debate, in History Review » Read Now

    by John Dunne. 5 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...original French edition, 1939), Georges Lefebvre placed great stress on the aristocratic...time the best research efforts of Lefebvre and fellow-Marxist...

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