Jonathan Beecher. Victor Considerant and the Rise and Fall of French Romantic Socialism.

Contents

Preface

Introduction: The Problem of Romantic Socialism

PART I

ROOTS

1 – Franche-Comté and Family

2 – The Making of a Fourierist

3 – Fourierist Leader

4 – Marriage and Politics

PART II

SOCIALISM

5 – Journalist and Lecturer

6 – “Social Science”

7 – Among the Early Socialists

8 – Toward a Radical Politics

PART III

REVOLUTION

9 – Revolutionary Springtime

10 – Reaction and Renewal

11 – June 13, 1849

12 – Belgian Exile

PART IV

TEXAS

13 – Discovering America

14 – A Texas Utopia

15 – Uvalde Canyon

16 – San Antonio Farmer

PART V

RETURN

17 – Under Two Sieges

18 – Ghost of the Latin Quarter

Conclusion: Considerant’s Significance

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