Phantom terror : the threat of revolution and the repression of liberty 1789-1848 /

Phantom terror : the threat of revolution and the repression of liberty 1789-1848 /

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Author / Creator:	Zamoyski, Adam, author.
Imprint:	London : William Collins, 2014. ©2014
Description:	xvii, 569 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Revolution (France : 1789-1799) Political persecution -- Europe -- History -- 19th century. Revolutions -- Europe -- History -- 19th century. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Political persecution. Politics and government Revolutions. Europe -- Politics and government -- 1789-1900. Europe -- History -- 1789-1900. France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence. Europe. France. History.
Format:	Map Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10093362

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ISBN:	9780007282760 (hardback) 0007282761 0007352204 9780007352203 0465039898 9780465039890
Notes:	Includes bibliographic references (pages 519-540) and index.
Summary:	The French Revolution and the blood-curdling violence it engendered terrified the ruling and propertied classes of Europe. Unable to grasp how such horrors could have come about, many concluded that it was the result of a devilish conspiracy hatched by Freemasons inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment with the aim of overthrowing the entire social order, along with the legal and religious principles it stood on. Others traced it back to the Reformation or the Knights Templar and ascribed even more sinister aims to it. Faced by this apparently occult threat, they resorted to repression on an unprecedented scale, expanding police and spy networks in the process. This compelling history, occasionally chilling and often hilarious, tells how the modern state evolved through the expansion of its organs of control, and holds urgent lessons for today.

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Call Number:	D359 .Z36 2014
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