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With the international celebrations of the French Revolution as background, the publication of Peter Kropotkin's classic with an introduction by George Woodcock represents the fulfilment of an important documentary need. The turbulent upheaval that swept in the first mighty revolution in the West, and which had such far ranging consequences, has subsequently been described by a thousand differing pens. From the King's summoning of the Estates General in 1789 to the establishment of the Directory in 1793, the revolution has had many interpretations. But Kropotkin is among the very few who analyses this drama not only as a complex interplay of its leading personalities or a chain of political decisions made from above; rather, he penetrates this surface confusion to describe a great reordering of the economic bases of the ancien régime by the mass of urban workers and the peasantry. He saw the redistribution of land impeded at every step by an aggrandising middle class and by the forces of the counter-revolution inside and outside France. Kropotkin, as a true historian, was not concerned with merely the period he discussed. He saw it as a climax in a long past and future development. The result is a very skillful and absorbing book, with great momentum, an active and readable style, and a capable use of a mass of details regarding the most obscure but no less important aspects of the French Revolution. First published in 1909 and long out of print, The Great French Revolution is the finest historical writing from the fluent pen of Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921). The introduction by George Woodcock, the celebrated Canadian author, throws a modern light on the significance and scope of Kropotkin's contribution.

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Publisher
Black Rose Books
Year
2021
ISBN
9781551646121
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. AN INTRODUCTION
  3. PREFACE
  4. CHAPTER I - THE TWO GREAT CURRENTS OF THE REVOLUTION
  5. CHAPTER II - THE IDEA
  6. CHAPTER III - ACTION
  7. CHAPTER IV - THE PEOPLE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION
  8. CHAPTER V - THE SPIRIT OF REVOLT: THE RIOTS
  9. CHAPTER VI - THE CONVOCATION OF THE STATES-GENERAL BECOMES NECESSARY
  10. CHAPTER VII - THE RISING OF THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS DURING THE OPENING MONTHS OF 1789
  11. CHAPTER VIII - RIOTS IN PARIS AND ITS ENVIRONS
  12. CHAPTER IX - THE STATES-GENERAL
  13. CHAPTER X - PREPARATIONS FOR THE COUP D'ETAT
  14. CHAPTER XI - PARIS ON THE EVE OF THE FOURTEENTH
  15. CHAPTER XII - THE TAKING OF THE BASTILLE
  16. CHAPTER XIII - THE CONSEQUENCES OF JULY 14 AT VERSAILLES
  17. CHAPTER XIV - THE POPULAR RISINGS
  18. CHAPTER XV - THE TOWNS
  19. CHAPTER XVI - THE PEASANT RISING
  20. CHAPTER XVII - AUGUST 4 AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
  21. CHAPTER XVIII - THE FEUDAL RIGHTS REMAIN
  22. CHAPTER XIX - DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN
  23. CHAPTER XX - THE FIFTH AND SIXTH OF OCTOBER 1789
  24. CHAPTER XXI - FEARS OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES--THE NEW MUNICIPAL ORGANISATION
  25. CHAPTER XXII - FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES--SALE OF CHURCH PROPERTY
  26. CHAPTER XXIII - THE FETE OF THE FEDERATION
  27. CHAPTER XXIV - THE "DISTRICTS" AND THE "SECTIONS" OF PARIS
  28. CHAPTER XXV - THE SECTIONS OF PARIS UNDER THE NEW MUNICIPAL LAW
  29. CHAPTER XXVI - DELAYS IN THE ABOLITION OF THE FEUDAL RIGHTS
  30. CHAPTER XXVII - FEUDAL LEGISLATION IN 1790
  31. CHAPTER XXVIII - ARREST OF THE REVOLUTION IN 1790
  32. CHAPTER XXIX - THE FLIGHT OF THE KING--REACTION--END OFTHE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
  33. CHAPTER XXX - THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--REACTION IN 1791-1792
  34. CHAPTER XXXI - THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
  35. CHAPTER XXXII - THE TWENTIETH OF JUNE 1792
  36. CHAPTER XXXIII - THE TENTH OF AUGUST: ITS IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES
  37. CHAPTER XXXIV - THE INTERREGNUM--THE BETRAYALS
  38. CHAPTER XXXV - THE SEPTEMBER DAYS
  39. CHAPTER XXXVI - THE CONVENTION--THE COMMUNE--THE JACOBINS
  40. CHAPTER XXXVII - THE GOVERNMENT--CONFLICTS WITH THE CONVENTION--THE WAR
  41. CHAPTER XXXVIII - THE TRIAL OF THE KING
  42. CHAPTER XXXIX - THE "MOUNTAIN" AND THE GIRONDE
  43. CHAPTER XL - ATTEMPTS OF THE GIRONDINS TO STOP THE REVOLUTION
  44. CHAPTER XLI - THE "ANARCHISTS"
  45. CHAPTER XLII - CAUSES OF THE RISING ON MAY 31
  46. CHAPTER XLIII - SOCIAL DEMANDS--STATE OF FEELING IN PARIS--LYONS
  47. CHAPTER XLIV - THE WAR--THE RISING IN LA VENDEE--TREACHERY OF DUMOURIEZ
  48. CHAPTER XLV - A NEW RISING RENDERED INEVITABLE
  49. CHAPTER XLVI - THE INSURRECTION OF MAY 31 AND JUNE 2
  50. CHAPTER XLVII - THE POPULAR REVOLUTION--ARBITRARY TAXATION
  51. CHAPTER XL VIII - THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AND THE COMMUNAL LANDS
  52. CHAPTER XLIX - THE LANDS RESTORED TO THE COMMUNES
  53. CHAPTER L - FINAL ABOLITION OF THE FEUDAL RIGHTS
  54. CHAPTER LI - THE NATIONAL ESTATES
  55. CHAPTER LII - THE STRUGGLE AGAINST FAMINE--THE MAXIMUM--PAPER-MONEY
  56. CHAPTER LIII - COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN BRITTANY--ASSASSINATION OF MARAT
  57. CHAPTER LIV - THE VENDEE--LYONS--THE RISINGS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE
  58. CHAPTER LV - THE WAR--THE INVASION BEATEN BACK
  59. CHAPTER LVI - THE CONSTITUTION--THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
  60. CHAPTER LVII - THE EXHAUSTION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT
  61. CHAPTER L VIII - THE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT
  62. CHAPTER LIX - SCHEMES FOR THE SOCIALISATION OF LAND, INDUSTRIES, MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE AND EXCHANGE
  63. CHAPTER LX - THE END OF THE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT
  64. CHAPTER LXI - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT--REPRISALS
  65. CHAPTER LXII - EDUCATION--THE METRIC SYSTEM--THE NEW CALENDAR--ANTI-RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT
  66. CHAPTER LXIII - THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SECTIONS
  67. CHAPTER LXIV - STRUGGLE AGAINST THE HEBERTISTS
  68. CHAPTER LXV - FALL OF THE HEBERTISTS--DANTON EXECUTED
  69. CHAPTER LXVI - ROBESPIERRE AND HIS GROUP
  70. CHAPTER LXVII - THE TERROR
  71. CHAPTER LXVIII - THE 9th THERMIDOR--TRIUMPH OF REACTION
  72. CONCLUSION
  73. INDEX