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Book Synopsis
Reframes the debate on the French Revolution, shifting the discussion from the Revolution's role in wider, extrinsic processes to its central political significance.

Table of Contents
List of Tables List of Plates
Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition
Acknowledgements to the 1984 Edition
Chronology
Abbreviations

Introduction: Interpreting the French Revolution

PART I: THE POETICS OF POWER
1. The Rhetoric of Revolution
2. Symbolic Forms of Political Practice
3. The Imagery of Radicalism

PART II: THE SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICS
4. The Political Geography of Revolution
5. The New Political Class
6. Outsiders, Culture Brokers, and Political Networks

Conclusion: Revolution in Political Culture
Appendix A: Correlation Matrix of Selected Political, Economic, and Demographic Variables
Appendix B: Occupational Analysis of City Councillors in Amiens, Bordeaux, Nancy, and Toulouse

Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/05/2004
      ISBN13: 9780520241565, 978-0520241565
      ISBN10: 0520241568

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Reframes the debate on the French Revolution, shifting the discussion from the Revolution's role in wider, extrinsic processes to its central political significance.

      Table of Contents
      List of Tables List of Plates
      Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition
      Acknowledgements to the 1984 Edition
      Chronology
      Abbreviations

      Introduction: Interpreting the French Revolution

      PART I: THE POETICS OF POWER
      1. The Rhetoric of Revolution
      2. Symbolic Forms of Political Practice
      3. The Imagery of Radicalism

      PART II: THE SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICS
      4. The Political Geography of Revolution
      5. The New Political Class
      6. Outsiders, Culture Brokers, and Political Networks

      Conclusion: Revolution in Political Culture
      Appendix A: Correlation Matrix of Selected Political, Economic, and Demographic Variables
      Appendix B: Occupational Analysis of City Councillors in Amiens, Bordeaux, Nancy, and Toulouse

      Index

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