Title The French Revolution in miniature : section Droits-de-l'Homme, 1789-1795 / Morris Slavin

Published Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1984] ©1984

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Description 1 online resource (469 pages) : illustrations Series Princeton legacy library Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures. List of Maps. List of Tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- A Word of Explanation -- INTRODUCTION: The Setting -- I. The Socioeconomic Base -- II. The Districts and the Fall of the Bastille -- III. From District to Section -- IV. From Varennes to the Fall of the Monarchy -- V. From the Fall of the Monarchy to the Fall of Robespierre -- VI. Shortages and the Struggle for the Maximum -- VII. The Primary, General, and Electoral Assemblies 192 -- APPENDIX. Electors from Section Roi-de-Sicile -- VIII. The Civil Committee -- IX. The Revolutionary Committee -- X. The Committee of Welfare, the Justice of the Peace, and the Police Commissioner -- XI. The Armed Force and the Popular Society -- XII. Patriotism and Religion -- XIII. Germinal, Prairial, Vendemiaire -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Focusing on the social, economic, and political developments in one neighborhood, and particularly on the origin, growth, and decline of its revolutionary institutions, he shows the impact of the Revolution on its citizens. At the same time, he reveals the contributions of average men and women, the so-called petits gens, to the changes that occurred in France between 1789 and 1795. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-437) and index Notes In English Print version record Subject HISTORY -- Europe -- France. SUBJECT Droits-de-l'Homme (Paris, France) -- History Paris (France) -- History -- 1789-1799. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098051 Subject France -- Paris France -- Paris -- Droits-de-l'Homme Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781400856947 1400856949

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