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The Remaking of France

The National Assembly and the Constitution of 1791

By: Michael P. Fitzsimmons

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The Remaking of France

The National Assembly and the Constitution of 1791

By: Michael P. Fitzsimmons

This 1994 book examines the National Assembly's restructuring of the French state between 1789 and 1791.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521893771

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9780521893770

The Parisian Order of Barristers and the French Revolution

By: Michael P. Fitzsimmons

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The Parisian Order of Barristers and the French Revolution

By: Michael P. Fitzsimmons

This investigation not only revises what historians have long thought of the attitude of barristers toward the French Revolution, but also offers insights into the corporate character of Old Regime society and how the Revolution affected it. Fitzsimmons's study suggests that many propertied commoners during the Revolution were not politically engaged, that they were not necessarily associated with a party or cause simply because of their place within a set of social relationships.

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326

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Harvard University Press

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0674654641

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9780674654648

Alternative Food Networks

Knowledge, Practice, and Politics

By: David Goodman,E. Melanie DuPuis,Michael K. Goodman

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Alternative Food Networks

Knowledge, Practice, and Politics

By: David Goodman,E. Melanie DuPuis,Michael K. Goodman

This timely book provides a critical review of the growth of alternative food networks and their struggle to defend their ethical and aesthetic values against the standardising pressures of the corporate mainstream with their "placeless and nameless" global supply networks. It explores how these alternative movements are "making a difference" and their possible role as fears of global climate change and food insecurity continue to intensify.

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Routledge

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1136641238

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9781136641237

From Artisan to Worker

Guilds, the French State, and the Organization of Labor, 1776–1821

By: Michael P. Fitzsimmons

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From Artisan to Worker

Guilds, the French State, and the Organization of Labor, 1776–1821

By: Michael P. Fitzsimmons

From Artisan to Worker examines the largely overlooked debate over the potential reestablishment of guilds that occurred from 1776 to 1821. The abolition of guilds in 1791 overturned an organization of labor that had been in place for centuries. The disorder that ensued - from concerns about the safety of the food supply to a general decline in the quality of goods - raised strong doubts about their abolition and sparked a debate both inside and outside of government that went on for decades. The issue of the reestablishment of guilds, however, subsequently became intertwined with the growing mechanization of production. Under the Napoleonic regime, the government considered several projects to restore guilds in a large-scale fashion, but the counterargument that guilds could impede mechanization prevailed. After Bonaparte's fall, the restored Bourbon dynasty was expected to reorganize guilds, but its sponsorship of an industrial exhibition in 1819 signaled its endorsement of mechanization, and after 1821 there were no further efforts to restore guilds during the Restoration.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139485938

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The Place of Words

The Académie Française and Its Dictionary During an Age of Revolution

By: Michael P. Fitzsimmons

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The Place of Words

The Académie Française and Its Dictionary During an Age of Revolution

By: Michael P. Fitzsimmons

A Place of Words examines the fifth and most controversial edition of the dictionary of the Académie Française, published in 1798 and spanning several regimes before the publication of the sixth in 1835. Full of anachronisms and appearing to slight the French Revolution, from the outset the edition received much judgement and critique. Under the Consulate, the government used it as an instrument to assert control over the language. As the first book-length study of this controversial fifth edition, A Place of Words offers insights into the Revolution and Napoleonic periods neglected in previous scholarship.

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Oxford University Press

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0190644532

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9780190644536

The Night the Old Regime Ended

August 4, 1789 and the French Revolution

By: Michael P. Fitzsimmons

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The Night the Old Regime Ended

August 4, 1789 and the French Revolution

By: Michael P. Fitzsimmons

If the Fall of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, marks the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution, then August 4 is the day the Old Regime ended, for it was on that day (or, more precisely, that night) that the National Assembly met and undertook sweeping reforms that ultimately led to a complete reconstruction of the French polity. What began as a prearranged meeting with limited objectives suddenly took on a frenzied atmosphere during which dozens of noble deputies renounced their traditional privileges and dues. By the end of the night, the Assembly had instituted more meaningful reform than had the monarchy in decades of futile efforts. In The Night the Old Regime Ended, Michael Fitzsimmons offers the first full-length study in English of the night of August 4 and its importance to the French Revolution. Fitzsimmons argues against Fran&çois Furet and others who maintain that the Terror was implicit in the events of 1789. To the contrary, Fitzsimmons shows that the period from 1789 to 1791 was a genuine moderate phase of the Revolution. Unlike all of its successor bodies, the National Assembly passed no punitive legislation against recalcitrant clergy or &émigr&és, and it amnestied all those imprisoned for political offenses before it disbanded. In the final analysis, the remarkable degree of change accomplished peacefully is what distinguishes the early period of the Revolution and gives it world-historical importance.

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Penn State University Press

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0271022337

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9780271022338

Markov Processes, Gaussian Processes, and Local Times

By: Michael B. Marcus,Jay Rosen

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Markov Processes, Gaussian Processes, and Local Times

By: Michael B. Marcus,Jay Rosen

This book was first published in 2006. Written by two of the foremost researchers in the field, this book studies the local times of Markov processes by employing isomorphism theorems that relate them to certain associated Gaussian processes. It builds to this material through self-contained but harmonized 'mini-courses' on the relevant ingredients, which assume only knowledge of measure-theoretic probability. The streamlined selection of topics creates an easy entrance for students and experts in related fields. The book starts by developing the fundamentals of Markov process theory and then of Gaussian process theory, including sample path properties. It then proceeds to more advanced results, bringing the reader to the heart of contemporary research. It presents the remarkable isomorphism theorems of Dynkin and Eisenbaum and then shows how they can be applied to obtain new properties of Markov processes by using well-established techniques in Gaussian process theory. This original, readable book will appeal to both researchers and advanced graduate students.

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Cambridge University Press

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The Parisian Order of Barristers and the French Revolution

By: Michael P. Fitzsimmons

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From Artisan to Worker

Guilds, the French State, and the Organization of Labor, 1776-1821

By: Michael P. Fitzsimmons

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From Artisan to Worker

Guilds, the French State, and the Organization of Labor, 1776-1821

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Examines the debate over the potential reestablishment of guilds that occurred inside and outside the French government from 1776 to 1821.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521193761

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The Place of Words

The Académie Française and Its Dictionary During an Age of Revolution

By: Michael P. Fitzsimmons

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The Académie Française and Its Dictionary During an Age of Revolution

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The Remaking of France

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Alternative Food Networks

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The Place of Words

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The Night the Old Regime Ended

The Night the Old Regime Ended

Markov Processes, Gaussian Processes, and Local Times

Markov Processes, Gaussian Processes, and Local Times

The Parisian Order of Barristers and the French Revolution

The Parisian Order of Barristers and the French Revolution

From Artisan to Worker

From Artisan to Worker

The Place of Words

The Place of Words

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