Rousseau and Revolution  

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This volume centers on Jean-Jacques Rousseau and his times. It received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1968.

1. Prelude
   1. Rousseau Wanderer: 1712–56
   2. The Seven Years' War: 1756–63
2. France Before the Deluge: 1757–74
   1. The Life of the State
   2. The Art of Life
   3. Voltaire Patriarch: 1758–78
   4. Rousseau Romantic: 1756–62
   5. Rousseau Philosopher
   6. Rousseau Outcast: 1762–67
3. The Catholic South: 1715–89
   1. Italia Felix: 1715–59
   2. Portugal and Pombal: 1706–82
   3. Spain and the Enlightenment: 1700–88
   4. Vale, Italia: 1760–89
   5. The Enlightenment in Austria: 1756–90
   6. Music Reformed
   7. Mozart
      “Lovers under a window plucked at a guitar or mandolin and a maiden’s heart.” (p.220)
4. Islam and the Slavic East: 1715–96
   1. Islam: 1715–96
   2. Russian Interlude: 1725–62
   3. Catherine the Great: 1762–96
   4. The Rape of Poland: 1715–95
5. The Protestant North: 1756–89
   1. Frederick's Germany: 1756–86
   2. Kant: 1724–1804
   3. Roads to Weimar: 1733–87
   4. Weimar in Flower: 1775–1805
   5. Goethe Nestor: 1805–32
   6. The Jews: 1715–89
   7. From Geneva to Stockholm
      “He concluded that history is an excellent teacher with few pupils.” (p.529)
6. Johnson's England: 1756–89
   1. The Industrial Revolution
   2. The Political Drama: 1756–92
   3. The English People: 1756–89
   4. The Age of Reynolds: 1756–90
   5. England's Neighbors: 1756–89
   6. The Literary Scene: 1756–89
   7. Samuel Johnson: 1709–84
7. The Collapse of Feudal France: 1774–89
   1. The Final Glory: 1774–83
   2. Death and the Philosophers: 1774–1807
   3. On the Eve: 1774–89
   4. The Anatomy of Revolution: 1774–89
   5. The Political Debacle: 1783–89
8. Envoi