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Author Steinberg, Ronen, 1970- author.

Title The afterlives of the Terror : facing the legacies of mass violence in post-revolutionary France / Ronen Steinberg
Published Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 222 pages)
Contents Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: approaching the aftermath of the Terror -- 1. Nomenclature: naming a difficult past after 9 Thermidor -- 2. Accountability: the case of Joseph Le Bon -- 3. Redress: les biens des condamnés -- 4. Remembrance: the mass graves of the Terror -- 5. Haunting: the ghostly presence of the Terror -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "The book is about how those who experienced the violence of the French Revolution struggled to come to terms with it in the following decades"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 15, 2020)
Subject Political violence -- France -- History -- 18th century
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
HISTORY / Europe / France
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political violence.
Psychological aspects.
Social conditions.
SUBJECT France -- History -- Reign of Terror, 1793-1794 -- Psychological aspects
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051332
France -- Social conditions -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051497
Subject France.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018048276
ISBN 9781501739255
1501739255
1501739263
9781501739262