| Preface |
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| About the Contributors |
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| Introduction |
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1 | (1) |
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2 | (6) |
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8 | (7) |
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15 | (5) |
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20 | (3) |
| Part I Napoleon and French Society |
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23 | (72) |
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Napoleon's Youth and Rise to Power |
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25 | (18) |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (3) |
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30 | (4) |
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`The happiest days of my life', 1785--1789 |
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34 | (2) |
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The dream broken, 1789--1793 |
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36 | (3) |
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Dreaming and accomplishing in another zone, 1793--1799 |
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39 | (4) |
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The Military Culture of Napoleonic France |
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43 | (17) |
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Officer of the Revolution |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (3) |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (3) |
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Images and representations |
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55 | (3) |
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Military culture and the state |
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58 | (2) |
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The Napoleonic Regime and French Society |
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60 | (19) |
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Depoliticisation: benefits and costs |
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60 | (4) |
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Religious liberty and conscription |
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64 | (3) |
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Local elites: the emergence of the notables |
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67 | (3) |
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A new national elite: the Napoleonic nobility |
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70 | (3) |
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Forming the next generation of servitors |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (4) |
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The Napoleonic Police State |
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79 | (16) |
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80 | (2) |
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Repression and surveillance |
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82 | (2) |
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The surveillance of public opinion |
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84 | (4) |
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88 | (5) |
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93 | (2) |
| Part II The Nature of the Empire |
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The Nature of Napoleonic Imperialism |
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97 | (21) |
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97 | (3) |
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The limitations of `uniformity' and `modernity' |
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100 | (8) |
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`Cultural imperialism' or `spoils system'? |
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108 | (5) |
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113 | (5) |
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Napoleon and the Drive for Glory: Reflections on the Making of French Foreign Policy |
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118 | (18) |
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The politics of expansionism |
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121 | (7) |
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128 | (6) |
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134 | (2) |
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Popular Resistance to the Napoleonic Empire |
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136 | (17) |
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136 | (5) |
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The norm: recalcitrance, evasion and riot |
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141 | (1) |
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The exception: armed rebellion |
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142 | (10) |
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152 | (1) |
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Policing the Empire: Napoleon and the Pacification of Europe |
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153 | (16) |
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154 | (2) |
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The Gendarmerie: a new police force for a new state |
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156 | (6) |
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The Napoleonic police in action |
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162 | (7) |
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State, Society and Tax Policy in Napoleonic Europe |
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169 | (18) |
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170 | (7) |
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177 | (4) |
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181 | (5) |
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186 | (1) |
| Part III Napoleon and Europe |
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187 | (77) |
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189 | (15) |
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192 | (9) |
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201 | (3) |
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Napoleon and State Formation in Central Europe |
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204 | (21) |
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The destruction of the Holy Roman Empire |
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204 | (4) |
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State formation in the `Third Germany' |
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208 | (4) |
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Defeat and reform in Prussia |
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212 | (5) |
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The Habsburg monarchy and the Napoleonic challenge |
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217 | (4) |
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The end of Napoleonic hegemony in central Europe |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (2) |
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225 | (18) |
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226 | (5) |
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Napoleon's defeat in Iberia |
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231 | (10) |
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241 | (2) |
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The Russian Empire and the Napoleonic Wars |
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243 | (21) |
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The dynamics of Russian society |
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243 | (5) |
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Russian foreign and domestic policy in the era of the French Revolution |
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248 | (4) |
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Alexander I and Russia's encounter with Napoleon |
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252 | (8) |
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Russia and the legacy of the Napoleonic wars |
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260 | (4) |
| Suggestions for Further Reading |
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264 | (25) |
| Notes |
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289 | (28) |
| Index |
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