Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Editors' Introduction vii
4. Preface xvii
5. Translator's Note xix
6. Introduction 1
7. I. Genesis of a Political Symbol: The Bastille, 1715-1789 6
8. 2. The Storming of the Bastille: The Historical Event as Collective Symbolic Action 38
9. 3. Revolutionary Symbolism under the Sign of the Bastille, 1789-1799: A Prime Example of the Self-Mystification of the French Revolution 79
10. 4. Bastille Symbolism in Modern France: The Republican Legacy of the French Revolution 205
11. Final Remarks: On the Origin and Function of a Historical Symbol 241
12. Appendix: Reports on the Storming of the Bastille, 1789 247
13. Notes 251
14. Works Cited 287
15. Index 297