| Preface | p. ix |
| Chronology | p. xi |
| The Outbreak of the Revolution (1787-1789) | p. 1 |
| A Series of Class Revolts | p. 3 |
| Challenging the Lefebvre Thesis | p. 34 |
| The Peasants: Mentality and Behavior in 1789 | p. 57 |
| An Attack on Feudalism | p. 59 |
| Misdirected Rage | p. 71 |
| The Character of the National Assembly (1789-1791) | p. 81 |
| The Deputies | p. 84 |
| Impractical Zealots | p. 84 |
| Most Deputies Practical, Tolerant, and Experienced Politicians | p. 92 |
| The Civil Constitution of the Clergy | p. 113 |
| Tragic Errors | p. 113 |
| Necessary and Admirable Decisions | p. 123 |
| Revolutionary Ideology | p. 130 |
| Who Was Responsible for the War of 1792? | p. 133 |
| Revolutionaries and Counterrevolutionaries Both Responsible | p. 134 |
| The French Deputies Primarily Responsible | p. 141 |
| A Review of Differing Interpretations | p. 148 |
| The Causes of the Vendee Revolt of 1793 | p. 155 |
| A Republican Interpretation | p. 158 |
| A Religious Explanation | p. 171 |
| A Synthesis | p. 180 |
| Why Terror in 1793-1794? | p. 185 |
| A Realistic Necessity | p. 188 |
| A Mentality Shaped by Circumstance | p. 194 |
| A Kind of Religious Faith | p. 209 |
| A Deep-Rooted Ideology As Well As Circumstance | p. 221 |
| The Revolutionary Common People of Paris | p. 227 |
| The Rioters | p. 229 |
| The Sans-Culottes | p. 241 |
| A Critique | p. 257 |
| The Media and Revolutionary Political Culture | p. 269 |
| Engravings | p. 270 |
| Festivals | p. 287 |
| Republican Language | p. 301 |
| Music and Revolutionary Political Culture in General | p. 307 |
| "La Marseillaise" | p. 311 |
| Women, Gender, and Politics in Revolution and Counterrevolution: Gains and Losses | p. 315 |
| A Political Revolution for Women? The Case of Paris | p. 317 |
| Rural Counterrevolutionary Women | p. 347 |
| The Directory (1795-1799) | p. 353 |
| A Shameless Regime | p. 354 |
| The Legend Combated | p. 365 |
| A Regime of Contradictions | p. 383 |
| The Revolutionary Legacy: Positive or Negative? | p. 389 |
| A Potential Tyrant Benefited | p. 391 |
| All Republicans Benefited | p. 395 |
| The Triumph of a New Bourgeoisie | p. 401 |
| The Victory of Conservative Landowners | p. 406 |
| The Emancipation of the Jews | p. 417 |
| Striking a Balance | p. 433 |
| Select Bibliography | p. 441 |
| About the Editors | p. 471 |
| Maps | |
| French Provinces in 1789 | p. xix |
| The New Departments in 1790 | p. xx |
| Paris at the Time of the Revolution | p. xxi |
| The Vendee, 1791-1793 | p. 157 |
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