Download or read book The French Revolution and the Creation of Modern Political Culture: The political culture of the old regime written by Keith Michael Baker and published by Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardbound. The first of four volumes of papers from a major international symposia commemorating the Bicentenary of the French Revolution which address the central dimensions of the Revolution as a political event. This volume investigates the nature of French political culture under the Old Regime and the processes by which revolutionary principles and practices were invented within the context of absolute monarchy.