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The great fear of 1789 rural panic in Revolutionary France
Uniform Title
Grande peur de 1789. English
Title
The great fear of 1789 [electronic resource] : rural panic in Revolutionary France / Georges Lefebvre ; introduction by George Rude ; translated from the French by Joan White.
ISBN
1400855799
9781400855797
Published
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 PDF (xvi, 234 pages) :) : maps.
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Notes
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Reprint. Originally published in 1982.
Translation of La grande peur de 1789.
Description based on print version record.
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE - UPCC Archive Complete Supplement III.
Project MUSE - UPCC Archive History Supplement III.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 13, 2015
Series
Princeton legacy library
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) and index.
Contents
Introduction to the English edition by George Rude
Foreword
Glossary
The countryside in 1789
Hunger
The wanderers
The riots
The beginnings of the revolution and the first peasant revolts
The people in arms and the first outbreaks of fear
The "Aristocrats' plot"
Paris and the idea of conspiracy
How the news was spread
The reaction to the 'plot' in the provinces. I : The towns
The reaction to the 'plot' in the provinces. II : The countryside
The peasant revolts
The fear of brigands
The great fear
Characteristics of the great fear
The original panics
How the panics spread
The warning panics
The relays
The currents of the great fear
The later fears
The consequences of the great fear
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliographical notes
Index of place names.
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