Description: Discusses aspects of daily life- domestic, economic, intellectual, material, political, recreational and religious- during the French Revolution.
Brief description: JAMES M. ANDERSON is Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary, Canada. He has spent many years in Spain, Portugal and France both as a Fulbright Scholar and as the recipient of Canada Council and SSHRC grants, contributing numerous articles and books to the field of European studies. He is author of 13 books, including The History of Portugal (Greenwood, 2000), Daily Life during the Spanish Inquisition (Greenwood, 2002) and The Spanish Civil War (Greenwood, 2003).
Review Quotes: "Anderson compares life before, during, and after the revolution for people of all classes and conditions in terms of the economy, travel, clothes and fashion, arts and entertainment, family and food, urban and rural life, women, law and orders, and other dimensions. He includes a chronology, maps, an outline of the geography, The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, the Republican calendar, and a glossary." --Reference & Research Book News