THE ORIGINS OF CONTEMPORARY FRANCE, VOLUME 5
THE MODERN REGIME,
VOLUME 1 [NAPOLEON]
by Hippolyte A. Taine
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CONTENTS
[ PREFACE ]
[ BOOK FIRST. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. ]
[ CHAPTER I. HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF HIS CHARACTER AND GENIUS. ][ I. Napoleon's Past and Personality. ]
[ CHAPTER II. HIS IDEAS, PASSIONS AND INTELLIGENCE. ]
[ II. The Leader and Statesman ]
[ III. His acute Understanding of Others. ]
[ IV. His Wonderful Memory. ]
[ V. His Imagination and its Excesses. ][ I. Intense Passions. ]
[ BOOK SECOND. FORMATION AND CHARACTER OF THE NEW STATE. ]
[ II. Will and Egoism. ]
[ III. Napoleon's Dominant Passion: Power. ]
[ IV. His Bad Manners. ]
[ V. His Policy. ]
[ VI. Fundamental Defaults of his System. ]
[ CHAPTER I. THE INSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT ][ I. The Institution of Government. ]
[ CHAPTER II. PUBLIC POWER ]
[ II. Default of previous government. ]
[ III. In 1799, the undertaking more difficult and the materials worse. ]
[ IV. Motives for suppressing the election of local powers. ]
[ V. Reasons for centralization. ]
[ VI. Irreconcilable divisions. ]
[ VII. Establishment of a new Dictatorship. ][ I. Principal service rendered by the public power. ]
[ CHAPTER III. THE NEW GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION. ]
[ II. Abusive Government Intervention. ]
[ III. The State attacks persons and property. ]
[ IV. Abuse of State powers. ]
[ V. Final Results of Abusive Government Intervention ][ I. Precedents of the new organization. ]
[ BOOK THIRD. OBJECT AND MERITS OF THE SYSTEM. ]
[ II. Doctrines of Government. ]
[ III. Brilliant Statesman and Administrator. ]
[ IV. Napoleon's barracks. ]
[ V. Modeled after Rome. ]
[ CHAPTER I. RECOVERY OF SOCIAL ORDER. ][ I. Rule as the mass want to be ruled. ]
[ CHAPTER II. TAXATION AND CONSCRIPTION. ]
[ II. The Revolution Ends. ]
[ III. Return of the Emigrés. ]
[ IV. Education and Medical Care. ]
[ V. Old and New. ]
[ VI. Religion ]
[ VII. The Confiscated Property. ]
[ VIII. Public Education. ][ I. Distributive Justice in Allotment of Burdens and Benefits. ]
[ CHAPTER III. AMBITION AND SELF-ESTEEM. ]
[ II. Equitable Taxation. ]
[ III. Formation of Honest, Efficient Tax Collectors ]
[ IV. Various Taxes. ]
[ V. Conscription or Professional soldiers. ][ I. Rights and benefits. ]
[ BOOK FOURTH. DEFECT AND EFFECTS OF THE SYSTEM. ]
[ II. Ambitions during the Ancient Regime. ]
[ III. Ambition and Selection. ]
[ IV. Napoleon, Judge-Arbitrator-Ruler. ]
[ IV. The Struggle for Office and Title. ]
[ V. Self-esteem and a good Reputation. ]
[ CHAPTER I. LOCAL SOCIETY. ][ I. Human Incentives. ]
[ CHAPTER II. LOCAL SOCIETY SINCE 1830. ]
[ II. Local Community. ]
[ III. Essential Public Local Works. ]
[ IV. Local associations. ]
[ V. Local versus State authority. ]
[ VI. Local Elections under the First Consul. ]
[ VII. Municipal and general councillors under the Empire. ]
[ VIII. Excellence of Local Government after Napoleon. ][ I. Introduction of Universal suffrage. ]
[ II. Universal suffrage. ]
[ III. Equity in taxation. ]
[ IV. On unlimited universal suffrage. ]
[ V. Rural or urban communes. ]
[ VI. The larger Communes. ]
[ VII. Local society in 1880. ]
[ VIII. Final result in a tendency to bankruptcy. ]