The Old Regime and the Revolution, Volume I: The Complete Text

by Alexis de Tocqueville, Alan S. Kahan (Translator), François Furet (Editor), Françoise Mélonio (Editor)

Overview

The Old Regime and the Revolution is Alexis de Tocqueville's great meditation on the origins and meanings of the French Revolution. One of the most profound and influential studies of this pivotal event, it remains a relevant and stimulating discussion of the problem of preserving individual and political freedom in the modern world. Alan Kahan's translation provides a faithful, readable rendering of Tocqueville's last masterpiece, and includes notes and variants which reveal Tocqueville's sources and include excerpts from his drafts and revisions. The introduction by France's most eminent scholars of Tocqueville and the French Revolution, Françoise Mélonio and the late François Furet, provides a brilliant analysis of the work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226805306
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	03/18/2015
Edition description:	1
Pages:	459
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) was a French political thinker and historian best known for his works, Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution.

 

Alan S. Kahan is professor of British Civilization at the University of Versailles/St. Quentin.

François Furet (1927-97) was the leading French historian of the Revolution and, according to the New York Times, "one of the most influential French thinkers of the post-war era."

 


Françoise Mélonio is professor emeritus of Sorbonne-University and Doctor of Letters. She is the editor of Gallimard's critical edition of Tocqueville's complete works.

Table of Contents

Translator's Foreword

INTRODUCTION
by François Furet and Françoise Mélonio
The Genesis of The Old Regime and the Revolution
The Structure of the Work: Book One
The Structure of the Work: Book Two
The Structure of the Work: Book Three
The Evolution of the Work
Tocqueville's Files, Manuscripts, and Proofs
Note on This Edition

Preface
BOOK ONE
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five

BOOK TWO
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve

BOOK THREE
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Appendix

Tocqueville's Notes
Notes and Variants
Glossary
Index

What People are Saying About This

Gertrude Himmelfarb

A new translation and annotated edition of Tocqueville's The Old Regime and the Revolution would be a noteworthy publiching event on its own. The addition of a substantial essay by Francois Furet, France's preeminent historian, and Francoise Melonio, the editor of Tocqueville's collected works, makes it a major intellectual event as well. The Old Regime now takes its rightful place next to Democracy in America among the seminal documents of our time—as much as of Tocqueville's.

Editorial Reviews

The first English translation of the forthcoming edition of the work to be published in France by Gallimard under the direction of Francoise M<'e>lonio and Francois Furet. Tocqueville's meditation on the origins and meanings of the French Revolution has been up-dated with current English vocabulary and usage making the classic accessible to general readers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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