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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Popkin, Jeremy D., 1948- author.
Title: A new world begins : the history of the French Revolution / Jeremy D. Popkin.
Other titles: History of the French Revolution
Description: First edition. | New York : Basic Books, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019019101| ISBN 9780465096664 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780465096671 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
Classification: LCC DC148 .P665 2019 | DDC 944.04--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019019101
ISBNs: 978-0-4650-9666-4 (hardcover), 978-0-4650-9667-1 (ebook)
E3-20191025-JV-NF-ORI