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Living the French Revolution, 1789-1799

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  • © 2006

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  1. Peter McPhee
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Peter McPhee
    Pages 1-10

  3. Describing the Old Regime

    • Peter McPhee
    Pages 11-34

  4. Elation and Anxiety: The Revolutionary Year

    • Peter McPhee
    Pages 35-54

  5. Reimagining Space and Power, 1789–91

    • Peter McPhee
    Pages 55-76

  6. Without Christ or King, 1791

    • Peter McPhee
    Pages 77-95

  7. Deadly Divisions, 1791–92

    • Peter McPhee
    Pages 96-113

  8. In the Fires of War, 1792–93

    • Peter McPhee
    Pages 114-131

  9. The Experience of Terror, 1793–94

    • Peter McPhee
    Pages 132-162

  10. Settling Scores: The Thermidorian Reaction, 1794–95

    • Peter McPhee
    Pages 163-177

  11. A New Régime and Its Discontents, 1795–99

    • Peter McPhee
    Pages 178-200

  12. Conclusion — A Revolution for the People?

    • Peter McPhee
    Pages 201-228

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 229-319
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What did it mean to live through the French Revolution? This volume provides a coherent and expansive portrait of revolutionary life by exploring the lived experience of the people of France's villages and country towns, revealing how The Revolution had a dramatic impact on daily life from family relations to religious practices.

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'The book is impressively researched, uses archival material from all the major regions of France as well as responding to a vast array of scholarship.' - James Livesey, French Studies

About the author

PETER MCPHEE holds a Personal Chair in History at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has published widely on the history of modern France, most recently Revolution and Environment in Southern France, 1780-1830 (1999), The French Revolution 1789-1799 (2002) and A Social History of France 1789-1914 (2003).

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