FRH 435 EXPLR FRENCH & HAITIAN REVOLUT

An exploration of the intellectual, economic, and political origins and the consequences of the French and Haitian Revolutions. Topics include the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the death of Louis XVI, the Terror, the Counter-Revolution, and the colonies. Readings from Diderot, Rousseau, Robespierre, Mercier, Sade, Gouges, and Louverture.