The Modern Regime, Volume 1 Papyras Classics

The Modern Regime, Volume 1

by Hippolyte Taine

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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter I. Historical Importance of His Character and Genius
  3. I. Napoleon's Past and Personality
  4. II. The Leader and Statesman
  5. III. His acute Understanding of Others
  6. IV. His Wonderful Memory
  7. V. His Imagination and its Excesses
  8. I. Intense Passions
  9. II. Will and Egoism
  10. III. Napoleon's Dominant Passion: Power
  11. IV. His Bad Manners
  12. V. His Policy
  13. VI. Fundamental Defaults of his System
  14. I. The Institution of Government
  15. II. Default of previous government
  16. III. In 1799, the undertaking more difficult and the materials worse
  17. IV. Motives for suppressing the election of local powers
  18. V. Reasons for centralization
  19. VI. Irreconcilable divisions
  20. VII. Establishment of a new Dictatorship
  21. I. Principal service rendered by the public power
  22. II. Abusive Government Intervention
  23. III. The State attacks persons and property
  24. IV. Abuse of State powers
  25. V. Final Results of Abusive Government Intervention
  26. I. Precedents of the new organization
  27. II. Doctrines of Government
  28. III. Brilliant Statesman and Administrator
  29. IV. Napoleon's barracks
  30. V. Modeled after Rome
  31. I. Rule as the mass want to be ruled
  32. II. The Revolution Ends
  33. III. Return of the Emigrés
  34. IV. Education and Medical Care
  35. V. Old and New
  36. VI. Religion
  37. VII. The Confiscated Property
  38. VIII. Public Education
  39. I. Distributive Justice in Allotment of Burdens and Benefits
  40. II. Equitable Taxation
  41. III. Formation of Honest, Efficient Tax Collectors
  42. IV. Various Taxes
  43. V. Conscription or Professional soldiers
  44. I. Rights and benefits
  45. II. Ambitions during the Ancient Regime
  46. III. Ambition and Selection
  47. IV. Napoleon, Judge-Arbitrator-Ruler
  48. IV. The Struggle for Office and Title
  49. V. Self-esteem and a good Reputation
  50. I. Human Incentives
  51. II. Local Community
  52. III. Essential Public Local Works
  53. IV. Local associations
  54. V. Local versus State authority
  55. VI. Local Elections under the First Consul
  56. VII. Municipal and general councillors under the Empire
  57. VIII. Excellence of Local Government after Napoleon
  58. I. Introduction of Universal suffrage
  59. II. Universal suffrage
  60. III. Equity in taxation
  61. IV. On unlimited universal suffrage
  62. V. Rural or urban communes
  63. VI. The larger Communes
  64. VII. Local society in 1880
  65. VIII. Final result in a tendency to bankruptcy

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