The Modern Regime Volume I

The Modern Regime Volume I

Hippolyte Taine, french critic and historian (1828-1893)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE

-03- BOOK FIRST. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

-04- CHAPTER I. HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF HIS CHARACTER AND GENIUS

-05- CHAPTER II. HIS IDEAS, PASSIONS AND INTELLIGENCE

-06- BOOK SECOND. FORMATION AND CHARACTER OF THE NEW STATE

-07- CHAPTER I. THE INSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT

-08- CHAPTER II. PUBLIC POWER

-09- CHAPTER III. THE NEW GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION

-10- BOOK THIRD. OBJECT AND MERITS OF THE SYSTEM

-11- CHAPTER I. RECOVERY OF SOCIAL ORDER

-12- CHAPTER II. TAXATION AND CONSCRIPTION

-13- CHAPTER III. AMBITION AND SELF ESTEEM

-14- BOOK FOURTH. DEFECT AND EFFECTS OF THE SYSTEM

-15- CHAPTER I. LOCAL SOCIETY

-16- CHAPTER II. LOCAL SOCIETY SINCE 1830