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9780130600325

Short History of the French Revolution, A

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    9780130600325

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    0130600326

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-01-01
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Summary

/*6003B-0, 0-13-060032-6, Popkin, Jeremy D., A Short History of the French Revolution, 3/E*/ Written for today's readers, this up-to-date survey of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Period offers a shorter, concise alternative to the longer, detailed volumes available. This volume introduces readers to the major events that comprise the story of the French Revolution; to the different ways in which historians have interpreted them; to the political, social, and cultural origins of the Revolution; and to the latest methodological approaches. The origins of the French revolution, collapse of the absolute monarchy, the revolutionary rupture, the defeat of the liberal revolution, the convention and the republic, the return to order, the Napoleonic empire, and the revolutionary heritage. For historians, enthusiasts and others interested in a current, comprehensive, yet brief account of the revolutionary period.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
The Origins of the French Revolution
1(20)
The Problems of the Monarchy
1(5)
The Failure of Reform
6(2)
Social Structure and Social Crisis
8(3)
The Third Estate
11(2)
The Lower Classes
13(3)
The Impact of the Philosophes
16(2)
The Growth of Public Opinion
18(2)
Notes
20(1)
The Collapse of the Absolute Monarchy, 1787-1789
21(15)
The Pre-Revolution
21(2)
The Assembly of Notables
23(2)
From Failed Reforms to Revolutionary Crisis
25(1)
The Meeting of the Estates-General
26(3)
The Parliamentary Revolution
29(2)
The Storming of the Bastille
31(4)
Notes
35(1)
The Revolutionary Rupture, 1789-1790
36(17)
The Concept of Revolution
36(1)
The ``Abolition of Feudalism'' and the Declaration of Rights
37(6)
The October Days
43(1)
The Accomplishments of the National Assembly, 1789-1791
44(2)
The Constitutional Debates
46(2)
The Expropriation of Church Lands and the Assignats
48(2)
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
50(2)
Notes
52(1)
The Defeat of the Liberal Revolution, 1790-1792
53(20)
The New Political Culture
53(2)
The King's Flight and the Crisis of 1791
55(2)
The End of the National Assembly
57(1)
The Legislative Assembly
58(3)
The Revolt against Slavery
61(1)
The Move toward War
62(3)
The Impact of War
65(1)
The Overthrow of the Monarchy
65(4)
Emergency Measures and Massacres
69(2)
The Failure of the Liberal Revolution
71(1)
Notes
72(1)
The Convention and the Republic, 1792-1794
73(23)
The Trial of the King
74(3)
Popular Radicalism
77(1)
The Victory of the Montagnards
78(3)
Terror Becomes the Order of the Day
81(2)
The Dictatorship of the Committee of Public Safety
83(3)
Revolutionary Culture
86(1)
The Radical Revolution and the Social Order
87(3)
The Great Terror and Thermidor
90(2)
The Revolution Victorious
92(2)
Thermidor
94(1)
Notes
94(2)
The Return to Order, 1794-1799
96(15)
The ``Bourgeois Republic'' and the Search for Order
96(1)
The Thermidorian Reaction
97(2)
The Defeat of the Sans-Culottes
99(1)
Counterrevolution and the Constitution of 1795
100(3)
The Directory
103(2)
The Directory and Europe
105(2)
The ``Politics of the Balance''
107(1)
The ``Second Directory''
108(2)
The Fall of the Directory
110(1)
The Napoleonic Consulate, 1799-1804
111(13)
The Consul and the Consulate
112(2)
Napoleon's Career
114(1)
The Constitution of the Consulate
115(1)
Consolidation of Power
116(2)
The Peace of Amiens and the Concordat
118(3)
Elements of Opposition
121(2)
Notes
123(1)
The Napoleonic Empire, 1804-1815
124(15)
The Resumption of War
125(1)
From Ulm to Tilsit
126(1)
The Continental System
127(1)
The Empire at Home
128(4)
Culture under the Empire
132(1)
The Social Bases of the Empire
133(1)
The Decline of the Empire
134(2)
The Invasion of Russia
136(1)
The Hundred Days
137(1)
Note
138(1)
The Revolutionary Heritage
139(12)
The Postrevolutionary Settlement
140(1)
State and Nation
141(1)
The Broader Impact
142(1)
The French Revolution as History
143(1)
The Jacobin Historical Synthesis
144(2)
The Revisionist Critique
146(1)
Postrevisionist Studies of the Revolution
147(3)
Notes
150(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading 151(6)
Bibliographies, Journals, and General Reference Works
151(1)
Specialized Titles: Select Bibliography
152(5)
Chronology of Principal Events During the French Revolution 157(6)
Index 163

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