How Long to Read Farewell, Revolution

How Long Does it Take to Read Farewell, Revolution?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Farewell, Revolution by Steven Laurence Kaplan

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Steven Laurence Kaplan reconstructs and analyzes the loud and bitter arguments over the meaning of the French Revolution which have consumed French intellectuals in recent years. Kaplan recounts the contemporary debates over the meaning of the Revolution, tracing the impact of the historians' bitter quarrel, from Parisian academic circles to the public arenas of the bicentennial celebration. He considers the roles played in those arguments by three of France's most influential historians: François Furet, Pierre Chaunu, and Michel Vovelle. In 1993, Editions Fayard published Steven Laurence Kaplan's controversial history of the bicentennial commemoration of the French Revolution. Here available in English is one of the most polemical parts of that work, Kaplan's account of the contemporary debates over the meaning of the Revolution. Farewell, Revolution: The Historians' Feud, France, 1789/1989 traces the impact of the historians' bitter quarrel, from Parisian academic circles to the public arenas of the bicentennial celebration. Kaplan considers in intimate detail the roles played in those arguments by three of France's most influential historians: François Furet, Pierre Chaunu, and Michel Vovelle. As he reenacts the feud, Kaplan invites a reassessment of the relationship between the writing of history and the practice of politics. His book suggests that the charged relationship between history and politics that enlivened the bicentennial may be the Revolution's most enduring legacy.

How long is Farewell, Revolution?

Farewell, Revolution by Steven Laurence Kaplan is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Farewell, Revolution Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Farewell, Revolution aloud.

What Reading Level is Farewell, Revolution?

Farewell, Revolution is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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