What Was Revolutionary about the French Revolution?
By Robert Darnton
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Darnton offers a reasoned defense of what the French revolutionaries were trying to achieve, and urges us to look beyond political events to understand the idealism and universality of their goals.
ROBERT DARNTON is professor of history at Princeton University.
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