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The first full scholarly study of rural politics in France during the Second Republic (1848-1852), this book examines the Revolution of 1848 and the subsequent regime that changed the face of mass politics in France. Unprecedented numbers of French men and women participated in legal and illegal forms of political activity during a period of protracted crisis which was ultimately resolved by a military coup d'etat. McPhee explores this neglect...

In the forty years after the Revolution of 1789, the peasants and former seigneurs of the isolated region of the Corbieres, Languedoc, fought a protracted battle over the consequences of revolutionary change. This social conflict culminated in the murder of two nobles by a band of villagers in the aftermath of the Revolution of 1830. This book offers important new perspectives on the French Revolution and its consequences.

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A stirrer and shaker . a boat-rocker and a confounded nuisance. > Roy Douglas ('Pansy') Wright was one of the great Australians of the twentieth century. Born on a hill-country farm in northern Tasmania in 1907, he became an extraordinarily successful medical scientist and a builder of institutions such as the Australian National University, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Clinic and the Howard Florey Institute. He was loved for his brilliant, ofte...

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Emily and her friends come to the aid of a stranger who is being bullied by a gang. Emily forgets about the incident, but the young man she helped becomes fixated on her.

The French Revolution is one of the great turning-points in modern history. Never before had the people of a large and populous country sought to remake their society on the basis of the principles of popular sovereignty and civic equality. The drama, success, and tragedy of their project, and of the attempts to arrest or reverse it, have attracted scholarly debate for more than two centuries. So why was there a Revolution in 1789? Why did it...

For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. This biography focuses on Robespierre's formative years and the development of an iron will in a frail boy conceived outside wedlock.

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A Companion to the French Revolution comprises twenty-nine newly-written essays reassessing the origins, development, and impact of this great turning-point in modern history. * Examines the origins, development and impact of the French Revolution * Features original contributions from leading historians, including six essays translated from French. * Presents a wide-ranging overview of current historical debates on the revolution and future d...

It begins with a chance encounter: teenage Emily and her friends come to the aid of a stranger who is being bullied by a gang. Emily forgets about the incident, but the young man she helped becomes fixated on her. Only when her real love interest is attacked does she begin to understand that the stranger's interest in her has become a full-blown obsession. Every Move is a realistic but chilling look at this threatening and all-too-common form ...

Some of Eileen's tight-knit circle of friends have made a suicide pact. When her best friend's body is found, another missing teen must be found fast to prevent another tragedy from happening.

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This book provides a succinct yet up-to-date and challenging approach to the French Revolution of 1789-1799 and its consequences. Peter McPhee provides an accessible and reliable overview and one which deliberately introduces students to central debates among historians.The book has two main aims. One aim is to consider the origins and nature of the Revolution of 1789-99. Why was there a Revolution in France in 1789? Why did the Revolution fol...

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Maximilien Robespierre: tiranno, fanatico, salvatore, ideologo. Considerato da alcuni il primo, sanguinario dittatore moderno, e da altri il grande martire della Rivoluzione, da tutti stimato come uomo di incredibile fermezza l'Incorruttibile -, il teorico del Terrore è una delle figure storiche più controverse della modernità, capace di polarizzare le reazioni degli studiosi e di alimentare intorno alla propria persona un mito che spesso scol...

Running Unconscious" is the first collection of poetry by Toronto poet and poetry promoter Peter McPhee. 'Never Trust a Polar Bear in Shades, ' 'Leaning against a lamppost at the corner of King and Diversity, ' and, of course, 'Why the Stegosaurus is my favourite dinosaur' - "Running Unconscious" assembles all the McPhee classics in one goodlookin' volume.

After a gang of thugs beat him up, Paul's parents decide they've had enough of Glasgow's tough streets and move the family to Winnipeg.

When Caroline wins a rodeo-style competition one summer, the owner of a posh local riding school invites her to take free lessons in show jumping.