The Names of Kings: The Parisian Laboring Poor in the Eighteenth Century

Table of contents

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• The Names of Kings *
• Title Page *
• A Worker Reads History *
• Preface *
• Contents *
• The Names of Kings *
• [1] Paris: the Urban Environment *
• [2] The Laboring Poor *
• [3] The Conditions of Life *
• [4] Attitudes and Institutions *
• [5] Patterns of Belief *
• [6] Beggars and Criminals *
• [7] In the Guise of Conclusion: Political Action in a Culture of Poverty *
• Notes *
• Index *