
The Revolutionary Temper
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A brilliant account of the coming of the French Revolution, and the culminating work of this most distinguished historian.
When a Parisian crowd stormed the Bastille in July 1789, it triggered the overthrow of the monarchy and the birth of a new society. In retrospect we understand the French Revolution as the outcome of such factors as a faltering economy and Enlightenment thought. But what did the Parisians themselves think they were doing?how did they understand their world? In this dazzling history, Robert Darnton draws on decades of study to conjure a past as vivid as today's news. He explores eighteenth-century Paris as an information society like our own, its news circuits centered in cafés, on park benches, and under the Palais-Royal's Tree of Cracow. Through pamphlets, gossip, and public performances, the events of some forty years?from disastrous treaties and royal debauchery to thrilling hot-air balloon ascents?entered the churning collective consciousness of ordinary Parisians. With public trust eroding as new aspirations soared, Parisians prepared themselves for revolution.
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- Intro
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Map: Paris, 1776
- Introduction: An Early Information Society and Collective Consciousness
- Part One / The Mid-Century Crisis, 1748-1754
- 1. War and Peace
- 2. A Prince Is Mugged by Order of the King
- 3. Songs Bring Down the Government
- 4. Saints Are Sent to Hell
- 5. The People Seize the City
- 6. The Politics of Tax Avoidance
- 7. The World of Knowledge Is Mapped and Suppressed
- Part Two / The Expanding Public Sphere, 1762-1764
- 8. The Peace Is Rained Out
- 9. A Big Idea Goes Bust
- 10. The Jesuits Are Crushed
- 11. Rousseau Releases a Flood of Tears
- 12. Voltaire Occupies the High Moral Ground
- 13. Recycling Royal Mistresses
- Part Three / The Turning Point in Politics, 1770-1775
- 14. Enter Marie-Antoinette, Exit Choiseul
- 15. A Coup d'État
- 16. Beaumarchais Has the Last Laugh
- 17. The King Is Dead, Long Live Maurepas
- 18. Flour War
- Part Four / The Ideological Terrain, 1781-1786
- 19. The King's Secret Is Revealed
- 20. The Taste of Victory
- 21. What Is an American?
- 22. Man Can Fly
- 23. Man Can Cure All Disease
- 24. Does Everything End with Songs?
- 25. The Dark Secrets of Despotism
- 26. Did the Cardinal Try to Cuckold the King?
- 27. The Poor March on Versailles
- Part Five / Tremors, 1787
- 28. Battles on the Bourse
- 29. Despotism in the Marriage Bed
- 30. The Notables Say No
- 31. A Minister Runs for Cover
- 32. The Parlement Plays Politics
- Part Six / The Collapse of the Régime, 1788
- 33. A New Coup, an Old Script
- 34. The Clergy Won't Pay
- 35. The Provinces Take Fire
- 36. Bayonets in the Streets
- 37. Hailstones Big as Eggs
- 38. The Ministers Are Roasted
- 39. Necker to the Rescue
- 40. The Cruelest Winter
- Part Seven / The Eruption of the Revolution, 1789
- 41. Summon the Nation
- 42. Pamphlets and Public Noises
- 43. The People Vote
- 44. Paris Explodes
- 45. The Nation Seizes Sovereignty
- 46. The Bastille Is Stormed
- Conclusion: The Revolutionary Temper
- Afterword: What Was Revolutionary about the French Revolution?
- Illustrations Insert
- Bibliographical Note and Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Illustration Credits
- Index
- Also by Robert Darnton
- Copyright
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