Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors x
Abbreviations xiv
Introduction xv Peter McPhee
Part I the Origins and nature of the Crisis of 1789 1
1 Rethinking the Origins of the French Revolution 3 Peter Campbell
2 The Social and Economic Crisis in France at the End of the Ancien Régime24 Jean-Pierre Jessenne
3 The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution 42 Sarah Maza
4 France and the Atlantic World 57 Miranda Spieler
Part II Reshaping France, 1789–91 73
5 The Principles of 1789 75 Michael P. Fitzsimmons
6 Reimagining Space and Power 91 Alan Forrest
7 “The Case against the King,” 1789–93 107 Barry M. Shapiro
Part III Church, State, and War 121
8 The Ancien Régime, Catholic Europe, and the Revolution’s Religious Schism 123 Dale Van Kley
9 The Origins and Outcomes of Religious Schism, 1790–99 145 Edward J. Woell
10 A Tale of Two Narratives: The French Revolution in International Context, 1787–93 161 Thomas E. Kaiser
Part IV Contesting the Limits of Revolution 179
11 Whose Revolution? 181 Serge Aberdam
12 Gender, Sexuality, and Political Culture 196 Anne Verjus
13 The Peasantry, Feudalism, and the Environment, 1789–93 212 Noelle Plack
Part V Revolutionary and Counter-Revolutionary Violence 229
14 Urban Crowds, Riot, Utopia, and Massacres, 1789–92 231 Donald Sutherland
15 The Vendée, Chouannerie, and the State, 1791–99 246 Jean-Clément Martin
Part VI Political Choice and Practice 261
16 Friends, Enemies, and the Role of the Individual 263 Marisa Linton
17 Choosing Revolution and Counter-Revolution 278 Peter M. Jones
18 The Course of the Terror, 1793–94 293 David Andress
Part VII Searching For Stability, 1794–99 311
19 The Thermidorian Reaction 313 Laura Mason
20 The Political Culture of the Directory 328 James Livesey
21 The New Security State 343 Howard G. Brown
22 The White Terror: Factions, Reactions, and the Politics of Vengeance 359 Stephen Clay
Part VIII The Revolution in International Perspective 379
23 The International Repercussions of the French Revolution 381 Mike Rapport
24 Slavery and the Colonies 397 Frédéric Régent
25 The Revolutionary Mediterranean 419 Ian Coller
Part IX Change and Continuity In France 435
26 A Revolution in Political Culture 437 Isser Woloch
27 The Economy, Society, and the Environment 454 Peter McPhee
28 The French Revolution and the Family 470 Suzanne Desan
29 The Revolution in History, Commemoration, and Memory 486 Pascal Dupuy
Index 503
