Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Prologue 1
6. Chapter 1. Introduction 6
7. Chapter 2. Revolution of the Press (1788–90) 30
8. Chapter 3. From Estates-General to National Assembly (April–June 1789) 53
9. Chapter 4. The Rights of Man: Summer and Autumn 1789 72
10. Chapter 5. Democratizing the Revolution 103
11. Chapter 6. Deadlock (November 1790–July 1791) 141
12. Chapter 7. War with the Church (1788–92) 180
13. Chapter 8. The Feuillant Revolution ( July 1791–April 1792) 204
14. Chapter 9. The “General Revolution” Begins (1791–92) 231
15. Chapter 10. The Revolutionary Summer of 1792 246
16. Chapter 11. Republicans Divided (September 1792–March 1793) 278
17. Chapter 12. The “General Revolution” from Valmy to the Fall of Mainz (1792–93) 316
18. Chapter 13. The World’s First Democratic Constitution (1793) 345
19. Chapter 14. Education: Securing the Revolution 374
20. Chapter 15. Black Emancipation 396
21. Chapter 16. Robespierre’s Putsch ( June 1793) 420
22. Chapter 17. The Summer of 1793: Overturning the Revolution’s Core Values 450
23. Chapter 18. De-Christianization (1793–94) 479
24. Chapter 19. “The Terror” (September 1793–March 1794) 503
25. Chapter 20. The Terror’s Last Months (March–July 1794) 545
26. Chapter 21. Thermidor 574
27. Chapter 22. Post-Thermidor (1795–97) 593
28. Chapter 23. The “General Revolution” (1795–1800): Holland, Italy, and the Levant 635
29. Chapter 24. The Failed Revolution (1797–99) 670
30. Chapter 25. Conclusion: The Revolution as the Outcome of the Radical Enlightenment 695
31. Cast of Main Participants 709
32. Notes 733
33. Bibliography 803
34. Index 833