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by Susan Dunn


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What the two great modern revolutions can teach us about democracy today

The American and French revolutions presented the world with two very different visions of democracy. Although both professed similar Enlightenment ideals of freedom, equality, and justice and set similar political agendas, there were also fundamental differences. The French sought a complete break with a thousand years of history; the Americans were content to preserve many aspects of their English heritage. Why did the two revolutions follow such different trajectories? And what lessons do they offer us about democracy today? In lucid narrative style, Dunn captures the personalities and lives of the great figures of both revolutions, and shows how their stories added up to make two very different events.

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For months in 1777 it was the talk of Paris: a young nobleman, the sole heir to the prestigious title and immense fortune of one of France's most ancient families, had mysteriously vanished.

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  • Title Sister Revolutions: French Lightning, American Light
  • Author Susan Dunn
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Cloth First Pub
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl, USA
  • Date 2000-09-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780571199891 / 0571199895
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Cultural Region: French
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government -, France - History - Revolution, 1789-1799 -
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.3

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  • New York Times, 01/21/2001, Page 28

About the author

Susan Dunn is professor of French literature and the history of ideas at Williams College. She is the author of numerous critically acclaimed articles and books in political theory and historical literary criticism, and she has been the recipient of fellowships from the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, among others.

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