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The French Revolution Vol 1

by Georges Lefebvre, Elizabeth Moss Evanson. 368 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Georges Lefebvre, Elizabeth Moss Evanson

Publisher:

   Routledge & Kegan Paul

Place of Publication:

  London  

Publication Year:

  1962
Subjects:   France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799
Table of contents
Contents
FOREWORD by Paul H. Beik page ix
PREFACE xv
INTRODUCTION xvii
I THE WORLD ON THE EVE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
1. EUROPEAN EXPANSION Knowledge of the Globe; The Partition of Overseas Territories; The Colonial Empires; The Empires in Jeopardy and the American Revolution; Foreign Civilizations 3
2. EUROPEAN ECONOMY The Traditional Economy and Its Development; The Economic Revolution in England; The Backwardness of Continental Europe; The Enrichment of Europe 19
3. EUROPEAN SOCIETY The Clergy; The Nobility; The Bourgeoisie; The Peasantry; British Society; The Proletariat 38
4. EUROPEAN THOUGHT The Mind of the Past and the Awakening of the Modern Mind; Scientific Rationalism; Deism and Natural Law; England and Germany; France; Arts and Letters; Cosmopolitanism and Nationalities 54
5. THE STATES AND SOCIAL CONFLICTS Enlightened Despotism; Great Britain; The United Provinces and Continental Patriciates; The American Revolution; France; Rivalry of States 72
II. THE ADVENT OF THE BOURGEOISIE IN FRANCE
6. THE ARISTOCRATIC REVOLUTION, 1787-1788 Calonne and the Notables; Brienne and the Parlements 97
7. THE BOURGEOIS REVOLUTION Formation of the Patriot Pary; Necker and the Doubling of the Third Estate; The Elections and the Cahiers; The Victory of the Bourgeoisie; Appeal to Armed Force 102
8. THE POPULAR REVOLUTION The Economic Crisis; The 'Good News' and the Great Hope; The Aristocratic Conspiracy and the Revolutionary Mentality; The Parisian Revolution; The Municipal Revolution; The Peasant Revolution and the Great Fear; The Night of August 4 and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen; The October Days 116
9. LAFAYETTE'S YEAR Lafayette and the Patriots; Progress of the Revolution; The Aristocratic Conspiracy; Disintegration of the Army 136
10. THE WORK OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, 1789-1791 The Principles of 1789; Organization of the Government; Organization of the Administration; Finances; Economic Work of the Constituent Assembly: Agrarian Reform; Reform of the Clergy; The Colonies; France in 1791 145
III. THE REVOLUTION AND EUROPE UP TO THE FORMATION OF THE FIRST COALITION
11. THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY AND EUROPE Revolutionary Propaganda; Spread of the Revolution; Reaction and Proposals for a Crusade; Louis XVI and the Émigrés: Appeal to Foreign Powers; The Foreign Policy of the Constituent Assembly; European Politics 179
12. FLIGHT OF THE KING AND DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST AUSTRIA, JUNE, 1791-APRIL, 1792 The Flight to Varennes and Its Consequences in France; The Declaration of Pillnitz, August 27, 1791; The Legislative Assembly and Girondist Policy, October-- December, 1791; The Austro--Prussian Alliance, December, 1791-April, 1792; The Dumouriez Cabinet and the Declaration of War, April 20, 1792 206
13. THE SECOND FRENCH REVOLUTION, AUGUST-- SEPTEMBER, 1792 Failure of the French Offensive, April-June, 1792; Origins of the Second Revolution; Fall of the Dumouriez Cabinet and Failure of the Girondins, June-August, 1792; The Revolution of August 10, 1792; The First Terror, September, 1792 227
14. INVASION OF POLAND AND OF FRANCE. REVOLUTIONARY COUNTER-ATTACK: VALMY AND JEMAPPES, SEPTEMBER, 1792-JANUARY, 1793 Invasion of Poland and the Question of Indemnities; The Coalition Army; Valmy, September 20, 1792; Republican Conquest: Jemappes, November 6, 1792; The Second Polish Partition and Disruption of the Coalition 248
15. THE ORIGINS OF THE FIRST COALITION The Beginning of the Convention: Girondins and Montagnards; The Struggle between Parties and the Death of the King, September, 1792-January 21, 1793; Annexations and War of Propaganda; The Break with England; The Break with the States of Southern Europe 264
BIBLIOGRAPHY 285
INDEX 339
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