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The Age of the Democratic Revolution
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. List of Maps xiii
  4. Foreword xv
  5. Part 1: The Challenge
  6. Preface to Part 1 3
  7. I. The Age of the Democratic Revolution 5
  8. II. Aristocracy about 1760: The Constituted Bodies 22
  9. III. Aristocracy about 1760: Theory and Practice 42
  10. IV. Clashes with Monarchy 64
  11. V. A Clash with Democracy: Geneva and Jean-Jacques Rousseau 83
  12. VI. The British Parliament between King and People 106
  13. VII. The American Revolution: The Forces in Conflict 138
  14. VIII. The American Revolution: The People as Constituent Power 159
  15. IX. Europe and the American Revolution 177
  16. X. Two Parliaments Escape Reform 214
  17. XI. Democrats and Aristocrats—Dutch, Belgian, and Swiss 242
  18. XII. The Limitations of Enlightened Despotism 280
  19. XIII. The Lessons of Poland 307
  20. XIV. The French Revolution: The Aristocratic Resurgence 326
  21. XV. The French Revolution: The Explosion of 1789 347
  22. Part 2: The Struggle
  23. Preface to Part 2 375
  24. XVI. The Issues and the Adversaries 377
  25. XVII. The Revolutionizing of the Revolution 400
  26. XVIII. Liberation and Annexation: 1792–1793 424
  27. XIX. The Survival of the Revolution in France 447
  28. XX. Victories of the Counter-Revolution in Eastern Europe 473
  29. XXI. The Batavian Republic 505
  30. XXII. The French Directory: Mirage of the Moderates 530
  31. XXIII. The French Directory between Extremes 544
  32. XXIV. The Revolution Comes to Italy 568
  33. XXV. The Cisalpine Republic 589
  34. XXVI. 1798: The High Tide of Revolutionary Democracy 614
  35. XXVII. The Republics at Rome and Naples 642
  36. XXVIII. The Helvetic Republic 663
  37. XXIX. Germany: The Revolution of the Mind 684
  38. XXX. Britain: Republicanism and the Establishment 709
  39. XXXI. America: Democracy Native and Imported 745
  40. XXXII. Climax and Dénouement 775
  41. Appendixes I. References for the Quotations at Heads of Chapters 796
  42. Appendixes II. Translations of Metrical Passages 798
  43. Appendixes III. Excerpts from Certain Basic Legal Documents 801
  44. Appendixes IV. The Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776, and the French Declaration of Rights of 1789 811
  45. Appendixes V. “Democratic” and “Bourgeois” Characteristics in the French Constitution of 1791: Property Qualifications in France, Britain, and America 815
  46. Index 821
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400850228-015

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. List of Maps xiii
  4. Foreword xv
  5. Part 1: The Challenge
  6. Preface to Part 1 3
  7. I. The Age of the Democratic Revolution 5
  8. II. Aristocracy about 1760: The Constituted Bodies 22
  9. III. Aristocracy about 1760: Theory and Practice 42
  10. IV. Clashes with Monarchy 64
  11. V. A Clash with Democracy: Geneva and Jean-Jacques Rousseau 83
  12. VI. The British Parliament between King and People 106
  13. VII. The American Revolution: The Forces in Conflict 138
  14. VIII. The American Revolution: The People as Constituent Power 159
  15. IX. Europe and the American Revolution 177
  16. X. Two Parliaments Escape Reform 214
  17. XI. Democrats and Aristocrats—Dutch, Belgian, and Swiss 242
  18. XII. The Limitations of Enlightened Despotism 280
  19. XIII. The Lessons of Poland 307
  20. XIV. The French Revolution: The Aristocratic Resurgence 326
  21. XV. The French Revolution: The Explosion of 1789 347
  22. Part 2: The Struggle
  23. Preface to Part 2 375
  24. XVI. The Issues and the Adversaries 377
  25. XVII. The Revolutionizing of the Revolution 400
  26. XVIII. Liberation and Annexation: 1792–1793 424
  27. XIX. The Survival of the Revolution in France 447
  28. XX. Victories of the Counter-Revolution in Eastern Europe 473
  29. XXI. The Batavian Republic 505
  30. XXII. The French Directory: Mirage of the Moderates 530
  31. XXIII. The French Directory between Extremes 544
  32. XXIV. The Revolution Comes to Italy 568
  33. XXV. The Cisalpine Republic 589
  34. XXVI. 1798: The High Tide of Revolutionary Democracy 614
  35. XXVII. The Republics at Rome and Naples 642
  36. XXVIII. The Helvetic Republic 663
  37. XXIX. Germany: The Revolution of the Mind 684
  38. XXX. Britain: Republicanism and the Establishment 709
  39. XXXI. America: Democracy Native and Imported 745
  40. XXXII. Climax and Dénouement 775
  41. Appendixes I. References for the Quotations at Heads of Chapters 796
  42. Appendixes II. Translations of Metrical Passages 798
  43. Appendixes III. Excerpts from Certain Basic Legal Documents 801
  44. Appendixes IV. The Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776, and the French Declaration of Rights of 1789 811
  45. Appendixes V. “Democratic” and “Bourgeois” Characteristics in the French Constitution of 1791: Property Qualifications in France, Britain, and America 815
  46. Index 821
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