Download or read book Paris, the Provinces and the French Revolution written by Alan Forrest and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2004-01-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tensions between Paris and the provinces have played a significant role in French history. This book examines the effect of the French Revolution in the provinces, on the tensions between provincial interests and those of Paris, and the mediations of different political cultures, which ensured that provincial France made a distinctive contribution to the history of the Revolutionary years.