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.
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Binding: Hardcover
Product Group: Book
Unit Type: Unit
Literary Movement: Modernism
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
Weight: 1 lbs
IsTextBook: Yes
Book Title: 1789 : the Threshold of the Modern Age
Number of Pages: 456 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Topic: Modern / 18th Century
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 1.5 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: History
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: David Andress
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
