Lessons from America

Liberal French Nobles in Exile, 1793–1798

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 18th Century, Western Europe, Revolutionary
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Author: Doina Pasca Harsanyi ISBN: 9780271074375
Publisher: Penn State University Press Publication: May 5, 2010
Imprint: Penn State University Press Language: English
Author: Doina Pasca Harsanyi
ISBN: 9780271074375
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Publication: May 5, 2010
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Language: English

Every war has refugees; every revolution has exiles. Most of the refugees of the French Revolution mourned the demise of the monarchy. Lessons from America examines an unusual group who did not. Doina Pasca Harsanyi looks at the American experience of a group of French liberal aristocrats, early participants in the French Revolution, who took shelter in Philadelphia during the Reign of Terror. The book traces their path from enlightened salons to revolutionary activism to subsequent exile in America and, finally, back to government posts in France—illuminating the ways in which the French experiment in democracy was informed by the American experience.

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Every war has refugees; every revolution has exiles. Most of the refugees of the French Revolution mourned the demise of the monarchy. Lessons from America examines an unusual group who did not. Doina Pasca Harsanyi looks at the American experience of a group of French liberal aristocrats, early participants in the French Revolution, who took shelter in Philadelphia during the Reign of Terror. The book traces their path from enlightened salons to revolutionary activism to subsequent exile in America and, finally, back to government posts in France—illuminating the ways in which the French experiment in democracy was informed by the American experience.

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