Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF MAPS ix
4. LIST OF TABLES xi
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. PART ONE: THE INSTITUTIONAL CRISIS OF THE OLD REGIME
8. Introduction 17
9. CHAPTER 1 Towns and the Old Regime 21
10. CHAPTER 2 The New Division of the Kingdom 84
11. CHAPTER 3 Urban Crisis and Bourgeois Ambition 111
12. PART TWO: THE RHETORIC AND POLITICS OF SPACE
13. Introduction 143
14. CHAPTER 4 The Rhetoric of Contention 145
15. CHAPTER 5 The Politics of Parochialism 178
16. CHAPTER 6 Urban Rivalries and the Formation of Departments 220
17. CHAPTER 7 Disputes over the Seats of Departments 257
18. CHAPTER 8 The Struggle for Districts and Tribunals 287
19. PART THREE: THE FATE OF SMALL TOWNS
20. Introduction 325
21. CHAPTER 9 Judicial Reform and the Politicization of Urban Rivalries 327
22. CHAPTER 10 The New Urban Hierarchy 368
23. CHAPTER 11 The French Revolution and Urban Growth in the Nineteenth Century 396
24. CONCLUSION 442
25. APPENDIX 1. Statistical Procedures 457
26. APPENDIX 2. Population Size Estimates and Institutional Characteristics of Major Towns 463
27. BIBLIOGRAPHY 467
28. INDEX OF PLACE NAMES 487
29. GENERAL INDEX 499