P. M. Jones, Peter Jones, Jones P. M.

The Peasantry in the French Revolution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book fills a gap in the literature on the French Revolution, and offers a synthesis which brings together the fruits of two generations' research in the field of French rural and agrarian history. The contention of Georges Lefebvre (the greatest authority on eighteenth-century rural history) that the peasantry occupied the centre-stage during the early years of the Revolution is vindicated with the support of fresh evidence culled from local and national archives, unpublished theses and little-known printed sources. Lefebvre's subsidiary argument, that peasant participation in the Revolution ran counter to its main capitalist thrust, receives a more qualified endorsement. The hook also offers a comprehensive survey of the fortunes of country dwellers from the end of the ancien régime until the advent of Napoleon. Chapters are arranged both chronologically and thematically to provide a complete history of the Revolution as experienced at 'grass-roots'.

Table of contents:
List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Rural France in the eighteenth century; 2. The crisis of the late 'ancien régime'; 3. 1789: between hope and fear; 4. Dismantling the seigneurial regime; 5. The land settlement: collective rights versus agrarian individualism; 6. The administrative revolution; 7. Terror and counter-terror; 8. The balance-sheet; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

This book fills the gap in the literature of the French Revolution, and offers a synthesis which brings together the fruits of two generation's research in the field of French rural and agrarian history. George Lefebvre's contention that the peasantry occupied the centre-stage during the early years of the revolution is vindicated.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9780521330701
• ISBN-10: 052133070X
• Artikelnr.: 21563549

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1. Rural France in the eighteenth century
2. The crisis of the late 'ancien régime'
3. 1789: between hope and fear
4. Dismantling the seigneurial regime
5. The land settlement: collective rights versus agrarian individualism
6. The administrative revolution
7. Terror and counter-terror
8. The balance-sheet
Notes
Bibliography
Index.