French Revolution And Historical Materialism

Henry Heller is Professor of History at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of The Bourgeois Revolution in France 1789-1815 (Berghahn Books, 2006) and The Capitalist University: The Transformation of Higher Education in the United States: 1945-2016 (Pluto Press, 2016).

• PrefaceChapter 1 Introduction: French Revolution and Historical MaterialismChapter 2 JaurèsChapter 3 Review of Paysans et seigneurs en Europe: une histoire comparée, XVIe–XIXe siècle, Guy Lemarchand, Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2011 Chapter 4 The Longue Durée of the French BourgeoisieChapter 5 Response to Henry Heller’s ‘The Longue Durée of the French Bourgeoisie’by William BeikChapter 6 Henry Heller and the ‘Longue Durée of the French Bourgeoisie’by David ParkerChapter 7 Response to William Beik and David ParkerChapter 8 French Absolutism and Agricultural Capitalism: A Comment on Henry Heller’s Essaysby Stephen MillerChapter 9 Stephen Miller on Capitalism and the Old Regime: A ResponseChapter 10 Marx, the French Revolution, and the Spectre of the BourgeoisieChapter 11 Review of Jeff Horn, The Path Not Taken: French Industrialization in the Age of Revolution, 1750–1830Chapter 12 Bankers, Finance Capital And The French Revolutionary Terror, 1791–4BibliographyIndex

“The French Revolution has set the standard for Marxist interpretations for years to come. For this reason alone, it should be read.”—Jean-Pierre Reed, Marx & Philosophy Review of Books“[A] Marxist historiography on the revolution and of capitalism is desperately needed in the current historical moment. For that reason alone, although it is certainly not the only one, Heller’s volume is well worth reading.”—Kirk S. Lawrence, Socialism and Democracy