THE ORIGINS OF CONTEMPORARY FRANCE, VOLUME 4
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, VOLUME 3.
by Hippolyte A. Taine
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CONTENTS
[ PREFACE. ]
[ BOOK FIRST. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT. ]
[ CHAPTER I. JACOBIN GOVERNMENT ][ I. The despotic creed and instincts of the Jacobin. ]
[ BOOK SECOND. THE JACOBIN PROGRAM. ]
[ II. Jacobin Dissimulation. ]
[ III. Primary Assemblies ]
[ IV. The Delegates reach Paris ]
[ V. Fête of August 10th ]
[ VI. The Mountain. ]
[ VII. Extent and Manifesto of the departmental insurrection ]
[ VIII. The Reasons for the Terror. ]
[ IX. Destruction of Rebel Cities ]
[ X. Destruction of the Girondin party ]
[ XI. Institutions of the Revolutionary Government ]
[ CHAPTER I. THE JACOBIN PARTY ][ I. The Doctrine. ]
[ CHAPTER II. REACTIONARY CONCEPT OF THE STATE. ]
[ II. A Communist State. ]
[ III. The object of the State is the regeneration of man. ]
[ IV. Two distortions of the natural man. ]
[ V. Equality and Inequality. ]
[ VI. Conditions requisite for making a citizen. ]
[ VII. Socialist projects. ]
[ VIII. Indoctrination of mind and intellect. ][ I. Reactionary concept of the State. ]
[ BOOK THIRD. THE MEN IN POWER. ]
[ II. Changed minds. ]
[ III. Origin and nature of the modern State. ]
[ IV. The state is tempted to encroach. ]
[ V. Direct common interest. ]
[ VI. Indirect common interest. ]
[ VII. Fabrication of social instruments. ]
[ VIII. Comparison between despotisms. ]
[ CHAPTER I. PSYCHOLOGY OF THE JACOBIN LEADERS. ][ I. Marat. ]
[ CHAPTER II. THE RULERS OF THE COUNTRY. ]
[ II. Danton. ]
[ III. Robespierre. ][ I. The Convention. ]
[ CHAPTER III. THE RULERS. (continued). ]
[ II. Its participation in crime. ]
[ III. The Committee of Public Safety. ]
[ IV. The Statesmen. ]
[ V. Official Jacobin organs. ]
[ VI. Commissars of the Revolution. ]
[ VII. Brutal Instincts. ]
[ IX. Vice. ][ I. The Central Government Administration. ]
[ BOOK FOURTH. THE GOVERNED. ]
[ II. Subaltern Jacobins. ]
[ III. A Revolutionary Committee. ]
[ IV. Provincial Administration. ]
[ V. Jacobins sent to the Provinces. ]
[ VI. Quality of staff thus formed. ]
[ VII. The Armed Forces. ]
[ CHAPTER I. THE OPPRESSED. ][ I. Revolutionary Destruction. ]
[ CHAPTER II. FOOD AND PROVISIONS. ]
[ II. The Value of Notables in Society. ]
[ III. The three classes of Notables. ]
[ IV. The Clergy. ]
[ V. The Bourgeoisie. ]
[ VI. The Demi-notables. ]
[ VII. Principle of socialist Equality. ]
[ VIII. Rigor against the Upper Classes. ]
[ IX. The Jacobin Citizen Robot. ]
[ X. The Governors and the Governed. ][ I. Economical Complexity of Food Chain. ]
[ BOOK FIFTH. THE END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT. ]
[ II. Conditions in 1793. A Lesson in Market Economics. ]
[ III. Privation. ]
[ IV. Hunger. ]
[ V. Revolutionary Remedies. ]
[ VI. Relaxation. ]
[ VII. Misery at Paris. ]
[ CHAPTER I. THE CONVENTION. ][ I. The Convention. ]
[ II. Re-election of the Two-thirds. ]
[ III. A Directory of Regicides. ]
[ IV. Public Opinon. ]
[ VI. The Directory. ]
[ VII. Enforcement of Pure Jacobinism. ]
[ VIII. Propaganda and Foreign Conquests. ]
[ IX. National Disgust. ]
[ X. Contrast between Civil and Military France. ]