Contributor
Kafker, Frank A. comp.
Imprint:New York : Random House, [1968]
Descriptionviii, 344 p. ; 21 cm.
Note:I. THE OUTBREAK OF THE REVOLUTION (1787-1789): A series of class revolts / Georges Lefebvre -- Was the "aristocratic revolt" aristocratic? / Jean Égret -- Was the "bourgeois revolt" bourgeois? / Elizabeth L. Eisenstein -- The Parisian revolt : who participated? / George Rudé -- II. THE CHARACTER OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY (1789-1791): 1. THE DEPUTIES: Impractical zealots / Edmund Burke -- Bourgeois reformers / Jacques Godechot -- Liberal and humane reformers / James M. THompson -- 2. THE CIVIL CONSTITUTION OF THE CLERGY: Tragic errors / André Latreille -- Necessary and admirable decisions / Jean Jaurès -- III. THE GIRONDINS (1791-1793): A party of anti-Parisian republicans / Alphones Aulard -- A party of independent bourgeois / Albert Soboul -- Individualistic politicians / M.J. Syndenham -- IV. THE WAR OF 1792: The outbreak: both sides responsible / Albert Goodwin -- The outbreak: the French primarily responsible / Hippolyte Taine -- French war aims (1792-194): shifting policies / Jacques Godechot -- V. THE CAUSES OF THE VENDÉE REVOLT OF 1793: A religious expanation / Émile Gabory -- A sociological analysis / Charles Tilly -- A synthesis / Jacques Godechot -- VI. WHY TERROR IN 1793-1794? A French tradition / James M. Thompson -- A realistic necessity / Albert Mathiez -- A mentality shaped by circumstance / Richard Cobb -- A kind of religious faith / Crane Brinton -- The desire to communize / Pierre Gaxotte -- A synthesis / Georges Lefebvre -- VII. THE SANS-CULOTTES: Recent research described and criticized / Robert R. Palmer -- VIII. THE DIRECTORY (1795-1799): An attack / Albert Vandal -- A defense / Albert Goodwin.
Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p. [335]-344.
