Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-259) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The State, the Peasantry, and the Revolution -- Louis XIV Builds a Peasant Kingdom -- A Bureaucratic State in the Making -- Village Assemblies and the General Will -- Politics of Agriculture -- Challenging the Seigneurie: Community and Contention on the Eve of the Revolution -- Limits of Reform -- Financing the French Revolution.
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