Self-sacrifice, self-interest, or self-defense? The constituent assembly and the "self-denying ordinance" of May 1791

French Historical Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 625-656

  Shapiro, Barry M ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1215/00161071-25-4-625     Document Type: Article

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