People''s Revolution of 1789

"Examines the era's popular movements in all of their complexity, providing an integrated synthesis of France's most important protest campaign"-

List of contents

Introduction: The Power ofa People's Revolution

Part I: A Radical Revolution

1. The People's Movementof 1788

2. The Fight for Representation

3. The Revolutionary NationalAssembly and the People

Part II: A Social Revolution

4. Capturing the Bastille

5. The National Insurrection

6. The Great Fear

Part III: A Legal Revolution

7. Abolishing Feudalism andDeclaring Rights

8. A Fragile Compact

9. Autumn Crises andthe October Days

Part IV: An Unfinished Revolution

10. The RevolutionaryCaribbean

11. Fraternal Federations andEnduring Contestations

Conclusion: Anarchy and Freedom

About the author

Micah Alpaugh is Professor of History at the University of Central Missouri and the author of four books on French and Atlantic history, including Non-Violence and the French Revolution and Friends of Freedom.

Product details

• Authors: Micah Alpaugh
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2024
• EAN: 9781501776618
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-7661-8
• No. of pages: 277
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas