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Published with the support of Fondation Gabriel-Péri; Groupe de recherches d’histoire (GRHIS); Université de Rouen and Institut de recherche interdisciplinaire homme et société (IRIHS).
First published in 2012 as La Révolution française et la social-démocratie. Transmissions et usages politiques de l’histoire en Allemagne et Autriche, 1889–1934 by Presses Universitaires de Rennes in 2012.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Ducange, Jean-Numa, 1980- author. | Broder, David, translator.
Title: The French Revolution and social democracy : the transmission of history and its political uses in Germany and Austria, 1889–1934 / By Jean-Numa Ducange; Translated by David Broder.
Other titles: Révolution française et la social-démocratie. English
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] | Series: Historical materialism book series, ISSN 1570-1522 ; volume 175 | First printed as La Revolution francaise et la social-démocratie. Transmissions et usages politiques de l’histoire en Allemagne et Autriche, 1889–1934 by Presses Universitaires de Rennes in 2012. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018043161 (print) | LCCN 2018044722 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004384798 (e-book) | ISBN 9789004331389 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: France–History–Revolution, 1789–1799–Historiography. | Historiography–Germany–History–19th century. | Historiography–Austria–History–19th century. | Historiography–Germany–History–20th century. | Historiography–Austria–History–20th century.
Classification: LCC DC147.8 (ebook) | LCC DC147.8 .D8313 2019 (print) | DDC 944.04072/043–dc23
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ISSN 1570-1522
ISBN 978-90-04-33138-9 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-38479-8 (e-book)
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