The Great Fear of 1789 : Rural Panic in Revolutionary France /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lefebvre, Georges, 1874-1959 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Depressions.
Peasants > France.
France > Economic conditions.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Causes.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the English edition by George Rude
  • Foreword
  • Glossary
  • The countryside in 1789
  • Hunger
  • The wanderers
  • The riots
  • The beginnings of the revolution and the first peasant revolts
  • The people in arms and the first outbreaks of fear
  • The "Aristocrats' plot"
  • Paris and the idea of conspiracy
  • How the news was spread
  • The reaction to the 'plot' in the provinces. I : The towns
  • The reaction to the 'plot' in the provinces. II : The countryside
  • The peasant revolts
  • The fear of brigands
  • The great fear
  • Characteristics of the great fear
  • The original panics
  • How the panics spread
  • The warning panics
  • The relays
  • The currents of the great fear
  • The later fears
  • The consequences of the great fear
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Bibliographical notes
  • Index of place names.

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