George Rudé. The Face of the Crowd. Studies in Revolution, Ideology and Popular Protest.

CONTENTS

Editor’s Preface

Introduction: Geroge Rudé, Social Historian / Harvey J. Kaye

Part I

Studies in History and Revolution

1 – Marxism and History

2 – The Changing Face of the Crowd

3 – The Study of Revolutions

4 – Interpretations of the French Revolution

5 – Georges Lefebvre as Historian of Popular Urban Protest in the French Revolution

6 – Robespierre as seen by British Historians

7 – “Feudalism” and the French Revolution

8 – The French Revolution and “Participation”

9 – Why was there no Revolution in England in 1830 or 1848?

Part II

Popular Protest and Ideology

10 – English Rural and Urban Disturbances on the Eve ofthe First Reform Bill, 1830-1831

11 – Captain Swing and the Uprising of 1830

12 – European Popular Protest and Ideology on the Eve of the French Revolution

13 – Ideology and Popular Protest

14 – The Germination of a Revolutionary Ideology among the Urban menu peuple of 1789

Part III

Urbanization, Protest and Crime

15 – The Growth of Cities and Popular Revolt, 1750-1850: With Particular Reference to Paris

16 – Crime, Criminals and Victims in Early Nineteenth-Century London