A decade of revolution, 1789-1799
- New York Harper Torchbooks 1934
- xi, 331 pages, [32] pages of plates : ill., maps ; 20cm
- The Rise of modern Europe .
Maps on lining-papers "First edition."
The monarchical experiment: the setting -- The monarchical experiment -- Europe and the revolution: peace -- The republican experiment -- The revolutionary government -- The republic of virtue -- Europe and the revolution: war -- The Thermidoreans -- The directory -- The arts and sciences in revolutionary Europe -- Conclusion The monarchical experiment: the setting. Introduction ; Estates or nation? ; Leaders ; Party organization ; The people -- The monarchical experiment. The crisis of 1789 ; The constitution in the making ; The new legislature ; The fall of the monarchy ; Summary -- Europe and the Revolution: peace. Generalizations ; The first news ; Great Britain ; The Germanies ; The background of the war -- The republican experiment. A foretaste of terror ; The final partitions of Poland ; The war ; New men ; Girondins and Montagnards ; The failure of the moderate republic -- The revolutionary government. The circumstances of the terror ; The machinery of the terror ; The organization of victory ; The economic explanation ; The struggle of the factions -- The republic of virtue. The little things ; Education ; The revolutionary cults ; The theory of the terror -- Europe and the revolution: war. The border countries ; Great Britain ; Central and eastern Europe ; Southern Europe ; Conclusion -- The Thermidoreans. The ninth Thermidor ; The reaction on public opinion ; Amnesty and repression ; Peace with Prussia and Spain ; The end of the convention -- The directory. The political aspect ; The directory and the organization of France ; The foreign policy of the directory ; Europe during the rule of the directory ; Brumaire -- The arts and sciences in revolutionary Europe. Definitions ; The fine arts ; Letters ; Philosophy ; Science ; Culture and the French Revolution -- Conclusion. The change in institutions ; The change in ideas ; Summary