A companion to the French Revolution / edited by Peter McPhee

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I The Origins and Nature of the Crisis of 1789
1 Rethinking the Origins of the French Revolution /Peter Campbell
2 The Social and Economic Crisis in France at the End of the Ancien Regime /Jean-Pierre Jessenne
3 The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution /Sarab Maza
4 France and the Atlantic World /Miranda Spieler

Part II Reshaping France, 1789-91
5 The Principles of 1789 /Michael P. Fitzsimmons
6 Reimagining Space and Power /Alan Forrest
7 "The Case against the King," 1789-93 /Barry M. Shapiro

Part III Church, State, and War
8 The Ancien Regime, Catholic Europe, and the Revolution's Religious Schism /Dale Van Kley
9 The Origins and Outcomes of Religious Schism, 1790-99 /Edward J. Woell
10 A Tale of Two Narratives: The French Revolution in International Context, 1787-93 /Thomas E. Kaiser

Part IV Contesting the Limits of Revolution
11 Whose Revolution? Serge Aberdam
12 Gender, Sexuality, and Political Culture /Anne Verjus
13 The Peasantry, Feudalism, and the Environment, 1789-93 /Noelle Plack

Part V Revolutionary and Counter-Revolutionary Violence
14 Urban Crowds, Riot, Utopia, and Massacres, 1789-92 /Donald Sutherland
15 The Vendee, Chouannerie, and the State, 1791-99 /Jean-Clement Martin

Part VI Political Choice and Practice
16 Friends, Enemies, and the Role of the Individual /Marisa Linton
17 Choosing Revolution and Counter-Revolution /Peter M. Jones
18 The Course of the Terror, 1793-94 /David Andress

Part VII Searching for Stability, 1794-99
19 The Thermidorian Reaction /Laura Mason
20 The Political Culture of the Directory /James Livesey
21 The New Security State /Howard G. Brown
22 The White Terror: Factions, Reactions, and the Politics of Vengeance /Stephen Clay

Part VIII The Revolution in International Perspective
23 The International Repercussions of the French Revolution Mike Rapport
24 Slavery and the Colonies /Frederic Regent
25 The Revolutionary Mediterranean /Ian Coller

Part IX Change and Continuity in France
26 A Revolution in Political Culture /Isser Woloch
27 The Economy, Society, and the Environment /Peter McPhee
28 The French Revolution and the Family /Suzanne Desan
29 The Revolution in History, Commemoration, and Memory /Pascal Dupuy