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Political Alignment in the French National title: Assembly, 1789-1791 author: Applewhite, Harriet Branson. publisher: Louisiana State University Press isbn10 | asin: 080711751X print isbn13: 9780807117514 ebook isbn13: 9780585327174 language: English France.--Assemblée nationale constituante (1789-1791)--History, France.--Etats subject généraux--History, Legislators--France-- History--18th century, France--Politics and government--1789-1799. publication date: 1993 lcc: JN2775.A67 1993eb ddc: 328.44/09/033 France.--Assemblée nationale constituante (1789-1791)--History, France.--Etats subject: généraux--History, Legislators--France-- History--18th century, France--Politics and government--1789-1799. Page iii Political Alignment in the French National Assembly, 17891791 Harriet B. Applewhite Page iv Copyright © 1993 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 5 4 3 2 1 Designer: Glynnis Phoebe Typeface: Garamond # 3 Typesetter: G & S Typesetters, Inc. Printer and binder: Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Applewhite, Harriet Branson. Political alignment in the French National Assembly, 17891791 / Harriet B. Applewhite. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8071-1751-x (cloth) 1. France. Assemblée nationale constituante (17891791)History. 2. France. Etats générauxHistory. 3. LegislatorsFrance History18th century. 4. FrancePolitics and government Revolution, 17891799. 1. Title. JN2775.A67 1993 328.44'09'033dc20 92-32493 CIP Earlier versions of some findings in this book were published in the Journal of Interdisciplinary History, IX (1978), 24573,© 1978 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the editors of the Journal of Interdisciplinary History. Revised material is presented here with the permission of the editors of the Journal of Interdisciplinary History and the MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Additional material was published in Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Western Society for French History (Las Cruces, 1981), 26575,© 1981 by the Western Society for French History. Revised material used here with the permission of the editor, Edgar Leon Newman. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Page v For Philip B. Applewhite Page vii Contents Acknowledgments xiii Methods and Sources xv Introduction 1 Alignment and Revolutionary Political Culture Chapter 1 19 Elections to the Estates General Chapter 2 49 Deputy Opinion, May, 1788, to June, 1789 Chapter 3 64 Alignment and Opinion in the National Assembly Chapter 4 94 Alignment Trajectories Chapter 5 129 Roles in the National Assembly Chapter 6 168 Deputies' Public Careers After 1791 Conclusion 189 Alignment in the National Assembly: The Political Legacy Appendix 215 List of 1,318 Deputies by Alignment Categories Bibliography 229 Index 267 Page ix Figures and Tables Figures 1. Changes in Distribution of Left-Wing Views in 79 Pamphlets 2. Changes in Distribution of Centrist Views in 80 Pamphlets 3. Changes in Distribution of Right-Wing Views in 81 Pamphlets 4. Deputies' Role Perceptions over Time: Information 132 Versus Opinion 5. Deputies' Attitudes toward Factions over Time 133 6. Deputies' Role Perceptions over Time: Group 134 Defense Versus Conciliation Tables 1. Occupational Profile of Third Estate Deputies 42 2. Index of Proportionality for Experience in 44 Prerevolutionary Assemblies, by Deputies' Estate Page x 3. Index of Proportionality for Experience in Law Courts 45 and Administrative Posts, by Deputies' Estate 4. Authors and Nonauthors: Index of Proportionality for 47 Prerevolutionary Political Experience (Deputies in Sample) 5. Relationships between Attitudes on Legitimacy and 53 Participation in Ninety Pamphlets Written before June 17, 1789 6. Attitudes toward the Masses and the King by Opinions54 on Sources of Legitimacy, Pamphlets Printed before June 17, 1789 7. Attitudes toward the King by Opinions on Purpose of 55 Estates General, Pamphlets Printed before June 17, 1789 8. Distribution of Attitudes on Five Issues by Deputies' 57 Political Background, PreJune 17, 1789 9. Distribution of Attitudes on Five Issues by Deputies' 58 Occupation (Third Estate only), PreJune 17, 1789 10. Distribution of Attitudes on Five Issues by Deputies' 60 Estate, PreJune 17, 1789 11. Distribution of Attitudes on Five Issues by Deputies' 61 Experience in Political Assemblies, PreJune 17, 1789 12. Distribution of Left, Center, and Right Opinions on 77 Seven Variables 13. Relationships between Opinions on Legitimacy and 78 Participation
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