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