1. Mise-en-scene -- 2. The structures of village life towards the end of the ancien regime -- 3. Agendas for change: 1787-1790 -- 4. A new civic landscape -- 5. Sovereignty in the village -- 6. Church and state in miniature -- 7. Land of liberty?
Summary
This is the first 'comparative micro-historical' study to have been attempted for the period between the old and the new France, 1760-1820, which offers a strikingly new perspective on the rural history of France during an epoch of momentous change
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-301) and index
