Reviews for The Origins of the Welfare State: Women, Work, and the French Revolution

The average rating for The Origins of the Welfare State: Women, Work, and the French Revolution based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-12-19 00:00:00 Chase Drake Maza's book chronicles some of the most public court cases in Pre-Revolutionary France. The cases themselves are an interesting insight to legal actions between people, most specifically between the Second and Third Estates. Maza's focus, however, is on how the cases written as memoires judiciaires, or trial briefs, helped to shape the change in public opinion in pre-Revolutionary France. An excellent read for those who study the causes of the French Revolution

Review # 2 was written on 2016-10-07 00:00:00 John Lee Yes this is more of an academic read, but that suits me just fine. The amount of research and detail given to each case and their ripple effects on eighteenth-century France is amazing. Very enjoyable