Cover -- Contents -- Maps and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Preface to Second Edition -- Introduction -- 1 France in the 1780s -- 2 The Revolutionary Reconstruction of French Society, 1789-1792 -- 3 Republicanism and Counter-Revolution, 1792-1795 -- 4 The Consolidation of Post-Revolutionary Society, 1795-1815 -- 5 The Social Consequences of the Revolution -- 6 The World of Notables and Bourgeois, 1815-1845 -- 7 The World of Urban Working People, 1815-1845 -- 8 Rural Change and Continuity, 1815-1845 -- 10 The Transformation of Urban France, 1852-1880 -- 12 The Social History of Ideas, 1850-1880: 'The Moralization of the Masses?' -- 13 The Republican Triumph and its Challenges, 1877-1914 -- Conclusion - Plus ça change? -- Notes -- A Guide to Further Reading -- Index.