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A Short History of the French Revolution

by: Popkin,Jeremy D.

A Short History of the French Revolution

by: Popkin,Jeremy D.

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Edition: 2nd
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Copyright: 09/03/1997
Publisher: Routledge
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Preface

Chapter 1 The Origins of the French Revolution

(20)

The Problems of the Monarchy

(5)

The Failure of Reform

(2)

Social Structure and Social Crisis

(3)

The Third Estate

(2)

The Lower Classes

(2)

The Impact of the Philosophes

(3)

The Growth of Public Opinion

(2)

Notes

(1)

Chapter 2 The Collapse of the Absolute Monarchy, 1787-1789

(15)

The Pre-Revolution

(2)

The Assembly of Notables

(2)

From Failed Reforms to Revolutionary Crisis

(1)

The Meeting of the Estates-General

(3)

The Parliamentary Revolutionary

(2)

The Storming of the Bastille

(4)

Notes

(1)

Chapter 3 The Revolutionary Rupture, 1789-1790

(18)

The Concept of Revolution

(1)

The "Abolition of Feudalism" and the Declaration of Rights

(6)

The October Days

(1)

The Accomplishments of the National Assembly, 1789-1791

(3)

The Constitutional Debates

(2)

The Expropriation of Church Lands and the Assignats

(2)

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy

(2)

Notes

(1)

Chapter 4 The Defeat of the Liberal Revolution, 1790-1792

(19)

The New Political Culture

(3)

The King's Flight and the Crisis of 1791

(1)

The End of the National Assembly

(1)

The Legislative Assembly

(3)

The Revolt Against Slavery

(1)

The Move Toward War

(2)

The Impact of War

(1)

The Overthrow of the Monarchy

(2)

Emergency Measures and Massacres

(3)

The Failure of the Liberal Revolution

(1)

Notes

(1)

Chapter 5 The Convention and the Republic, 1792-1794

(21)

The Trial of the King

(3)

Popular Radicalism

(1)

The Victory of the Montagnards

(3)

Terror Becomes the Order of the Day

(1)

The Dictatorship of the Committee of Public Safety

(2)

Revolutionary Culture

(3)

The Radical Revolution and the Social Order

(2)

The Great Terror and Thermidor

(2)

The Revolution Victorious

(1)

Thermidor

(1)

Notes

(2)

Chapter 6 The Return to Order, 1794-1799

(15)

The "Bourgeois Republic" and the Search for Order

(1)

The Thermidorian Reaction

(2)

The Defeat of the Sans-Culottes

(1)

Counterrevolution and the Constitution of 1795

(3)

The Directory

101

(2)

The Directory and Europe

103

(1)

The "Politics of the Balance"

104

(2)

The "Second Directory"

106

(1)

The Fall of the Directory

107

(2)

Chapter 7 The Napoleonic Consulate, 1799-1804

109

(13)

The Consul and the Consulate

110

(2)

Napoleon's Career

112

(1)

The Constitution of the Consulate

113

(1)

Consolidation of Power

114

(2)

The Peace of Amiens and the Concordat

116

(3)

Elements of Opposition

119

(2)

Notes

121

(1)

Chapter 8 The Napoleonic Empire, 1804-1815

122

(16)

The Resumption of War

124

(1)

From Ulm to Tilsit

125

(1)

The Continental System

126

(1)

The Empire at Home

127

(3)

Culture under the Empire

130

(1)

The Social Bases of the Empire

131

(2)

The Decline of the Empire

133

(1)

The Invasion of Russia

134

(1)

The Hundred Days

135

(2)

Notes

137

(1)

Chapter 9 The Revolutionary Heritage

138

(12)

The Post-Revolutionary Settlement

139

(1)

State and Nation

140

(1)

The Broader Impact

141

(1)

The French Revolution as History

142

(1)

The Jacobin Historical Synthesis

143

(2)

The Revisionist Critique

145

(1)

Postrevisionist Studies of the Revolution

146

(3)

Notes

149

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

150

(6)

Bibliographies, Journals, and General Reference Works

150

(1)

Specialized Titles: Select Bibliography

151

(5)

Index

156

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