The Coming of the French Revolution

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Princeton University Press, 6 oct. 2015 - 280 pages

The classic book that restored the voices of ordinary people to our understanding of the French Revolution

The Coming of the French Revolution remains essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of this great turning point in the formation of the modern world. First published in 1939 on the eve of the Second World War and suppressed by the Vichy government, this classic work explains what happened in France in 1789, the first year of the French Revolution. Georges Lefebvre wrote history “from below”—a Marxist approach—and in this book he places the peasantry at the center of his analysis, emphasizing the class struggles in France and the significant role they played in the coming of the revolution.

Eloquently translated by the historian R. R. Palmer and featuring an introduction by Timothy Tackett that provides a concise intellectual biography of Lefebvre and a critical appraisal of the book, this Princeton Classics edition offers perennial insights into democracy, dictatorship, and insurrection.

 

Table des matières

The Aristocracy
7
The Crisis of the Monarchy
21
The Bourgeoisie
39
The EstatesGeneral
73
The Mobilization of the Masses
93
The Paris Revolution of July 14
108
The Municipal Revolutions
121
The Peasantry
129
The Problem of the Privileges
153
The Declaration of the Rights of
167
The Revolutionary Solution
183
The Popular Agitation
190
Confirmation
196
Conclusion
207
Declaration of the Rights of
219
Index
225

The Agrarian Revolts
142

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