Introduction -- 1. Property law in revolutionary society -- 2. The émigrés and the politics of property -- 3. The hands of the nation -- 4. Césarine's inheritance -- 5. Property, family, and patrimony -- 6. By iron or nail -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index
Summary
"Officially, revolutionary France granted all citizens a right to property. In practice, however, there was significant continuity with the Old Regime. H. B. Callaway argues that the state's fraught attempts to confiscate property from Parisian émigrés reveal contradictions in ideas of ownership considered foundational to modern property rights"-- Provided by publisher
