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Recollections : French Revolution of 1848.

"Tocqueville was not only an active participant in the French Revolution of 1848, he was also a deeply perceptive observer with a detached attitude of mind. He saw the pitfalls of the course his country was taking more clearly than any of his contemporaries, including Karl Marx. Recollections w...

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Main Author: De Tocqueville, Alexis (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Tocqueville, Alexis de, > 1805-1859.
Historians > France > Biography.
France > History > February Revolution, 1848.
Historians.
France.
Biographies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Part Part One
  • chapter 1 Origin and Character of These Recollections
  • General Aspects of the Period Preceding the Revolution of 1848-First Symptoms of the Revolution
  • chapter 2 The Banquets
  • Sense of Security Entertained by the Government
  • Anxiety of the Leaders of the Opposition
  • Arraignment of Ministers
  • chapter 3 Troubles of the 22nd February-The Sitting of the 23rd-the New Ministry
  • Opinions of M. Dufaure and M. de Beaumont
  • chapter 4 The 24th February-The Ministers' Plan of Resistance
  • The National Guard
  • General Bedeau
  • chapter 5 The Sitting of the Chamber
  • The Duchess of Orleans
  • The Provisional Government
  • part Part Two
  • chapter 1 My View of the Reasons for the Events of the 24th February, and My Thoughts Concerning Its Effects for the Future
  • chapter 2 Paris the Day After the 24th February, and the Days That Followed
  • Socialist Character of the New Revolution
  • chapter 3 Uncertainty of the Members of the Old Parliament About What Attitude to Adopt
  • My Own Reflections About What I Ought to Do and the Resolutions I Made
  • chapter 4 My Candidature in the Department of La Manche-Characteristics of That Province-The General Election
  • chapter 5 First Meeting of the Constituent Assembly
  • Appearance of That Assembly
  • chapter 6 My Relations with Lamartine-His Subterfuges
  • chapter 7 The 15th May
  • chapter 8 The Festival of Concord and the Eve of the June Days
  • chapter 9 The June Days
  • chapter 10 The End of the June Days
  • chapter 11 The Drafting Committee for the Constitution
  • part Part Three
  • chapter 1 My Return to France-formation of the Cabinet
  • chapter 2 Composition of the Cabinet-Its Conduct Down to the Attempted Insurrection of the 13th June
  • chapter 3 Our Domestic Policy
  • Quarrels Within the Cabinet-Difficulties in Its Relations with the Majority and the President
  • chapter 4 Foreign Affairs
  • part Appendices
  • chapter I G. De Beaumont's Account of the 24th February
  • chapter II Conversation with Barrot (10 December 1850)
  • His Version of the Events of the 24th February
  • chapter III Incidents of 24 February 1848
  • Efforts on the Part of M. Dufaure and His Friends to Prevent the February Revolution
  • Responsibility of M. Thiers for Rendering These Efforts Futile
  • chapter IV Notes for the Recollections Covering the Period from June 1848 to June 1849
  • chapter V Various Notes for the Still Unwritten Parts of My Recollections
  • chapter VI My Conversation with the President of the Republic on 15 May 1851
  • chapter VII Revision of the Constitution
  • Conversation with Berryer When I Invited Him to My House on 21 June 1851
  • chapter VIII Speech by M. De Tocqueville on the Roman Expedition Delivered in the Legislative National Assembly on 18 October 1849.

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