This new edition of P.M. Jones’s authoritative overview has been significantly revised to include new material on politics, state violence, the army and citizenship in the French Caribbean colonies. In addition, it includes an expanded selection of original documents and illuminating contemporary images.Contents:Acknowledgements xChronology xiWho’s Who xxGlossary xxvMaps xxixPART ONE 11 THE SETTING 3PART TWO 172 REFORM OR REVOLUTION, 1787–89? 19Gripping the nettle of reform 19Resistance to the royal will 21The nation awakes 25Countdown to a revolution 283 RENEWAL, 1789–91 32Ending the ancien regime 33Building the nation 36Expanding horizons 41Towards a political settlement 424 THE FAILURE OF CONSENSUS, 1791–92 47The flight and its aftermath 47Managing the new regime 50The fall of the monarchy 55Citizenship in the colonies 595 WAR AND TERROR, 1792–94 63A Jacobin republic 64Reactions in the departments 66Terror 69Repression 726 THE SEARCH FOR STABILITY, 1795–99 77A Thermidorian republic 78‘La grande nation’ 82Rule by coup 85Opponents 897 CONSOLIDATION, 1799–1804 92Brumaire 93Building afresh 96A new order 98Towards dictatorship 101PART THREE 1058 THE ASSESSMENT 107PART FOUR DOCUMENTS 1191 A Royal Reprimand 1202 Imagining the Ancien Regime Body Politic 1203 Fundamental Laws According to the Parlement of Paris 1214 Defining the Nation 1225 Fixing a Framework for the Estates General 1236 Swansong of the Aristocracy 1237 Forward-Looking Nobles 1258 Backward-Looking Nobles 1269 Parish Grievances 12810 The New Doctrine of Rights 13111 Church Reform 13312 What the King Really Thought About the Revolution 13413 Parting of the Ways in the Champ de Mars 13514 Overthrow of the Monarchy 13615 What is a Sans-Culotte? 13816 The Popular Programme 13817 Legislating Revolutionary Government 14018 Scorched Earth Treatment for Rebels 14219 Crisis in the Sections of Paris 14320 Civic Culture in the Making? 14321 Managing ‘La Grande Nation’ 14422 State of the Country in the Aftermath of Brumaire 14523 Regaining Control 14724 Marking out the New Civil Order 149FURTHER READING 153REFERENCES 159INDEX 165