Introduction 1
PART Ⅰ MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN FRANCE 13
1 Pooulation and Resources in Pre-Industrial France 15
2 Society and Politics in Medieval France 30
3 Society and Politics in Early Modern France 54
PART Ⅱ THE DUAL REVOLUTION:MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY FRANCE 97
4 Revolution and Empire 99
5 The Nineteenth Century:Continuity and Change 165
6 A Time of Crisis,1914-1945 241
7 Reconstruction and Renewal:The Trente Glorieuses 315
8 A Society Under Stress 382
A sbort guide to furtber reading 465
Index 473