The Age of the Democratic Revolution: A Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800: The Challenge

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Contents vii
• The Age of the Democratic Revolution 1
• Aristocracy About 1760: the Constituted Bodies 25
• II - Aristocracy About 1760: the Constituted Bodies 27
• The Provincial Estates and Parlements of France 41
• Aristocracy About 1760: Theory and Practice 53
• Clashes with Monarchy 83
• A Clash with Democracy: Geneva and Jean-Jacques Rousseau 109
• The British Parliament Between King and People 141
• VI - The British Parliament Between King and People 143
• The American Revolution: the Forces in Conflict 183
• The American Revolution: the People as Constituent Power 211
• Europe and the American Revolution 237
• Two Parliaments Escape Reform 283
• X - Two Parliaments Escape Reform 285
• Democrats and Aristocrats -- Dutch, Belgian, and Swiss 321
• The Limitations of Enlightened Despotism 371
• XII - The Limitations of Enlightened Despotism 373
• The Lessons of Poland 409
• XIII - The Lessons of Poland 411
• The French Revolution: the Aristocratic Resurgence 437
• The French Revolution: the Explosion of 1789 467
• Appendices 503
• Index 529

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