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Book SynopsisGary Kates reconstructs the history of the Cercle Social, a group of writers and politicians who wielded considerable influence during the French Revolution and whose pioneering interest in women's rights and land reform made their club one of the most progressive in Revolutionary Paris. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. ix*Illustrations, pg. xi*Abbreviations, pg. xii*Acknowledgments, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. 1*1. Bonneville, Fauchet and the Paris Municipal Revolution, pg. 15*2. The Fauchetins: Advocates of Representative Democracy, pg. 39*3. Club Politics and Principles, pg. 75*4. Regeneration of Culture, pg. 97*5. After Fauchet, pg. 129*6. A Club Transformed: Toward a Democratic Republic, pg. 153*7. Overview of a Girondin Press, pg. 175*8. An Intellectual Review: The Chronique du mois, pg. 195*9. Posters for the Sans-Culottes: Louvet and the Sentinelle, pg. 221*10. Daily News: The Bulletin des Amis de la Vmte, pg. 245*Epilogue. After the Terror, pg. 271*Appendix B. 13 Members of the Confederation Des Amis De La Verite, pg. 277*Appendix C. Authors of the Imprimerie du Cercle Social, 1790-1793., pg. 292*Bibliography, pg. 295*Index, pg. 315
