1789

Author: David Andress

Stock information

General Fields

Price : 47.99 NZD
ISBN : 9780316731973
Publisher : 146862
Imprint : 146862
Contained items :
Weight (g) :
Publication date :
Dimensions :
Produced in :
RRP : 49.99
Availability date :
Out of print date :
Agency :
Product Type : books

Special Fields

color :
size :
Author : David Andress
Series :
Bind : Paperback
Edition : 708
Illustrator :
Language :
Dewey classification :
Reading Level :
Library of Con LOCSH :
Pages :
BIC subject :
Illustrations :
Colour :
Session :
Deck :
Store Notes :
Translator :
Signed :

9780316731973

Description

In 1789 the world stood at the threshold of the modern age. While the French Revolution and the election of George Washington seemed to herald a new global order, Britain stood shocked at the new world unfolding before her. Two documents were drafted which would change the very meanings of citizens and statehood: the US Bill of Rights and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. The age of royal despotism had ended. But beneath this veneer of progress, darker forces were at work: the French Revolution spiralled out of control, American slavery expanded and the armed forces of the British Empire were unleashed in India. From 'mad' King George III to J.J. Rousseau and Thomas Paine, from Pitt the Younger to Robespierre, David Andress illuminates a world on the brink through the men who held its future in their hands.

1105 Pukuatua Street, Rotorua | Tel: (07) 348-5388 | Email: shop@mcleodsbooks.co.nz

Hours : Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm | Saturday 9.30am - 4pm | Sunday 10 - 3