Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolutions

by Lloyd S. Kramer

Book Overview

Lloyd Kramer offers a new interpretation of the cultural and political significance of the career of the Marquis de Lafayette, which spanned the American Revolution, the French Revolutions of 1789 and 1830, and the Polish Uprising of 1830-31. Moving beyond traditional biography, Kramer traces the wide-ranging influence of Lafayette's public and personal life, including his contributions to the emergence of nationalist ideologies in Europe and America,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807848182
• ISBN13: 9780807848180
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"