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Doyle, William, ed. Old Regime France 1648-1788 (The Short Oxford History of France). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780198731290.

Beik, William, ed. Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents. Boston, MA: Beford/St. Martins, 2000. ISBN: 9780312133092.

Voltaire. Treatise on Tolerance and Other Writings. Edited and translated by Simon Harvey. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780521649698.

Bell, David A. The Cult of the Nation in France: Inventing Nationalism, 1680-1800. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780674004474.

de Tocqueville, Alexis. The Old Regime and the French Revolution. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1987. [Seminal work in the history of this period; first published in 1856, and still highly relevant.]

Jones, Colin. The Great Nation: France From Louis XIV to Napoleón. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2002. [The best recent one-volume study of this period in English.]

Furet, François, and Mona Ozouf. A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1989. [Very useful articles on major events, individuals, ideas, and institutions of the revolutionary period.]

Connelly, Owen. Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military Campaigns. Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 1999. [For those who want to read more on Napoleonic military history.]

Course readings.

LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Introduction
I. Absolutism
2	The Material World and the Political Background	Doyle, William, ed. Old Regime France 1648-1788 (The Short Oxford History of France). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 1-77. ISBN: 9780198731290.
3	The Theory and Practice of Absolutism	Bossuet. "Politics Derived from the Holy Scripture." University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization, Vol. 7: The Old Regime and the French Revolution. Edited by Keith M. Baker. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1987, pp. 31-47. ISBN: 9780226069500. Beik, William, ed. Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents. Boston, MA: Beford/St. Martins, 2000, pp. 1-16 and 50-96. ISBN: 9780312133092.
4	Taxes and Provincial Reform	Beik, William, ed. Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents. Boston, MA: Beford/St. Martins, 2000, pp. 96-155. ISBN: 9780312133092.
5	Theater, Art, and Politics
II. Enlightenment
6	Origins of the French Enlightenment	Beik, William, ed. Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents. Boston, MA: Beford/St. martins, 2000, pp. 166-98. ISBN: 9780312133092. Doyle, William, ed. Old Regime France 1648-1788 (The Short Oxford History of France). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 78-104. ISBN: 9780198731290. Jacob, Margaret C., ed. "The Treatise of the Three Impostors." In The Enlightenment: A Brief History With Documents. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000, pp. 94-114. ISBN: 9780312179977.
7	The Encyclopédie	d'Alembert, Jean le Rond. "Preliminary Discourse." In Denis Diderot's The Encyclopedia: Selections. Edited by Stephen J. Gendzier. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1967, pp. 1-12, 35-43. Browse the online Web site for English translations of Encyclopedia articles: The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert - Collaborative Translation Project. (Read "Philosopher," and "Sunday.") Browse the French online version of the Encyclopedia at: The ARTFL Project. Be sure to look at the engravings for "chirurgie" and "imprimerie."
8	A Political Movement, I?	Voltaire. Treatise on Tolerance and Other Writings. Edited and translated by Simon Harvey. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. vi-xix and 3-48. ISBN: 9780521649698.
9	A Political Movement, II?	Voltaire. Treatise on Tolerance and Other Writings. Edited and translated by Simon Harvey. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 49-105. ISBN: 9780521649698.
10	Spaces of the Public Sphere
III. Revolution
11	The Origins of the French Revolution	Doyle, William, ed. Old Regime France 1648-1788 (The Short Oxford History of France). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 195-248. ISBN: 9780198731290. Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read chapter 1, "Social Causes of the Revolution," and chapter 2, "Monarchy Embattled." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.)
12	The Problem of Nationalism I	Bell, David A. The Cult of the Nation in France: Inventing Nationalism, 1680-1800. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001, pp. 1-106. ISBN: 9780674004474.
13	The Problem of Nationalism II	Bell, David A. The Cult of the Nation in France: Inventing Nationalism, 1680-1800. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001, pp. 107-217. ISBN: 9780674004474.
14	1789, the Abolition of Feudalism, and the Rights of Man	Baker, Keith M., ed. "Decrees of the National Assembly (10-11 August 1789)." In University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization, Vol. 7: The Old Regime and the French Revolution. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1987, pp. 226-31. ISBN: 9780226069500. Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read chapter 3, "Enlightenment and Human Rights." Be sure to read the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen," in the sidebar on page 1, and the "Declaration of the Rights of Women," in the sidebar on page 4.)
15	From Constitutional Monarchy to the Terror	Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read all of chapter 4, "Paris and the Politics of Rebellion," and chapter 6, "The Monarchy Falls." Read pages 1 and 2 of the seventh chapter, "War, Terror, and Resistance." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.)
16	The Directory	Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read pages 3-5 of chapter 7, "War, Terror, and Resistance." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.) Mason, Laura, and Tracey Rizzo, eds. "Orchestrating Politics From Above," and "Dissenters and Opponents." In The French Revolution: A Document Collection. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1998, pp. 281-319. ISBN: 9780669417807.
17	The Revolution in Images and Song
IV. Empire
18	Napoléon: Debates	Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read chapter 9, "The Napoleonic Experience." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.) Mason, Laura, and Tracey Rizzo, eds. "The French Civil Code." In The French Revolution: A Document Collection. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1998, pp. 340-47. ISBN: 9780669417807. Furet, François, and Mona Ozouf, eds. "Napoleon Bonaparte." In A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution. Cambridge MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1989, pp. 273-86. ISBN: 9780674177284.
19	Napoléonic Warfare	Ford, Franklin L. "The Dimensions of Violence." In Europe 1780-1830. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Longman, 1989, pp. 232-70. ISBN: 9780582033788. Keegan, John. "Waterloo, June 18th, 1815." In The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme. New York, NY: Penguin, 1983, pp. 117-203. ISBN: 9780140048971.
20	The French Caribbean	Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read chapter 8, "Slavery and the French Revolution." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.) Geggus, David P. "The Haitian Revolution." In Haitian Revolutionary Studies. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002, pp. 5-29. ISBN: 9780253341044. Dubois, Laurent. "The Promise of Revolution: Saint-Domingue and the Struggle for Autonomy in Guadeloupe, 1797-1802." In The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World. Edited by David P. Geggus. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, 2002, pp. 112-34. ISBN: 9781570034169.
21	Individual Consultation with Instructor
22	Legacies	Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read chapter 10, "Legacies of the Revolution." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.)
23	Visions of Empire
V. Final Projects
24	Individual Consultation with Instructor
25-26	Oral Presentations
27	Conclusion