A Companion to the French Revolution

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A Companion to the French Revolution

Author(s): Peter McPhee

Published Online: 29 OCT 2012 09:15PM EST

Print ISBN: 9781444335644

Online ISBN: 9781118316399

DOI: 10.1002/9781118316399

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A Companion to the French Revolution comprises twenty-nine newly-written essays reassessing the origins, development, and impact of this great turning-point in modern history.

  • Examines the origins, development and impact of the French Revolution
  • Features original contributions from leading historians, including six essays translated from French.
  • Presents a wide-ranging overview of current historical debates on the revolution and future directions in scholarship
  • Gives equally thorough treatment to both causes and outcomes of the French Revolution

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xiv)

    1. Introduction (pages xv–xxiv)

      Peter McPhee

  3. Part I: The Origins and Nature of the Crisis of 1789

    1. Chapter One

      Rethinking the Origins of the French Revolution (pages 1–23)

      Peter Campbell

    1. Chapter Two

      The Social and Economic Crisis in France at the End of the Ancien Régime (pages 24–41)

      Jean-Pierre Jessenne

    1. Chapter Three

      The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution (pages 42–56)

      Sarah Maza

    1. Chapter Four

      France and the Atlantic World (pages 57–72)

      Miranda Spieler

  7. Part II: Reshaping France, 1789–91

    1. Chapter Five

      The Principles of 1789 (pages 73–90)

      Michael P. Fitzsimmons

    1. Chapter Six

      Reimagining Space and Power (pages 91–106)

      Alan Forrest

    1. Chapter Seven

      “The Case against the King,” 1789–93 (pages 107–120)

      Barry M. Shapiro

  10. Part III: Church, State, and War

    1. Chapter Eight

      The Ancien Régime, Catholic Europe, and the Revolution's Religious Schism (pages 121–144)

      Dale Van Kley

    1. Chapter Nine

      The Origins and Outcomes of Religious Schism, 1790–99 (pages 145–160)

      Edward J. Woell

    1. Chapter Ten

      A Tale of Two Narratives (pages 161–177)

      Thomas E. Kaiser

  13. Part IV: Contesting the Limits of Revolution

    1. Chapter Eleven

      Whose Revolution? (pages 179–195)

      Serge Aberdam

    1. Chapter Twelve

      Gender, Sexuality, and Political Culture (pages 196–211)

      Anne Verjus

    1. Chapter Thirteen

      The Peasantry, Feudalism, and the Environment, 1789–93 (pages 212–227)

      Noelle Plack

  16. Part V: Revolutionary and Counter-Revolutionary Violence

    1. Chapter Fourteen

      Urban Crowds, Riot, Utopia, and Massacres, 1789–92 (pages 229–245)

      Donald Sutherland

    1. Chapter Fifteen

      The Vendée, Chouannerie, and the State, 1791–99 (pages 246–259)

      Jean-Clément Martin

  18. Part VI: Political Choice and Practice

    1. Chapter Sixteen

      Friends, Enemies, and the Role of The Individual (pages 261–277)

      Marisa Linton

    1. Chapter Seventeen

      Choosing Revolution and Counter-Revolution (pages 278–292)

      Peter M. Jones

    1. Chapter Eighteen

      The Course of the Terror, 1793–94 (pages 293–309)

      David Andress

  21. Part VII: Searching for Stability, 1794–99

    1. Chapter Nineteen

      The Thermidorian Reaction (pages 311–327)

      Laura Mason

    1. Chapter Twenty

      The Political Culture of the Directory (pages 328–342)

      James Livesey

    1. Chapter Twenty-One

      The New Security State (pages 343–358)

      Howard G. Brown

    1. Chapter Twenty-Two

      The White Terror (pages 359–377)

      Stephen Clay

  25. Part VIII: The Revolution in International Perspective

    1. Chapter Twenty-Three

      The International Repercussions of the French Revolution (pages 379–396)

      Mike Rapport

    1. Chapter Twenty-Four

      Slavery and the Colonies (pages 397–418)

      Frédéric Régent

    1. Chapter Twenty-Five

      The Revolutionary Mediterranean (pages 419–434)

      Ian Coller

  28. Part IX: Change and Continuity in France

    1. Chapter Twenty-Six

      A Revolution in Political Culture (pages 435–453)

      Isser Woloch

    1. Chapter Twenty-Seven

      The Economy, Society, and the Environment (pages 454–469)

      Peter McPhee

    1. Chapter Twenty-Eight

      The French Revolution and the Family (pages 470–485)

      Suzanne Desan

    1. Chapter Twenty-Nine

      The Revolution in History, Commemoration, and Memory (pages 486–501)

      Pascal Dupuy

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      Index (pages 503–544)

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