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Alfred Cobban Quotes

1901–1968 England

Alfred Bert Carter Cobban (24 May 1901 – 1 April 1968) was an English historian and Professor of French History at University College, London, who along with prominent French historian François Furet advocated a classical liberal view of the French Revolution.

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The revolution was to an important extent one against and not for the rising forces of capitalism. In addition it can be interpreted...in terms of a general tension and social antagonism between the poor and the rich.

The Social Interpretation of the French Revolution (1964)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alfred Cobban (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.