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The Modern Regime, Volume 1

by Hippolyte Taine

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  1. 1By Hippolyte A. Taine
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Book First. Napoleon Bonaparte
  4. 4I — Napoleon’s Past and Personality
  5. 5II — The Leader and Statesman
  6. 6III — His Acute Understanding of Others
  7. 7IV — His Wonderful Memory
  8. 8V — His Imagination and Its Excesses
  9. 9Chapter II | His Ideas, Passions and Intelligence
  10. 10II — Will and Egoism
  11. 11III — Napoleon’s Dominant Passion: Power
  12. 12IV — His Bad Manners
  13. 13V — His Policy
  14. 14VI — Fundamental Defaults of His System
  15. 15Book Second. Formation and Character of the New State — Chapter I.…
  16. 16II — Default of Previous Government
  17. 17III — In 1799, the Undertaking More Difficult and the Materials Worse
  18. 18IV — Motives for Suppressing the Election of Local Powers
  19. 19V — Reasons for Centralization
  20. 20VI — Irreconcilable Divisions
  21. 21VII — Establishment of a New Dictatorship
  22. 22Chapter II | Public Power
  23. 23II — Abusive Government Intervention
  24. 24III — The State Attacks Persons and Property
  25. 25IV — Abuse of State Powers
  26. 26V — Final Results of Abusive Government Intervention
  27. 27Chapter III | The New Government Organization
  28. 28II — Doctrines of Government
  29. 29III — Brilliant Statesman and Administrator
  30. 30IV — Napoleon’s Barracks
  31. 31V — Modeled After Rome
  32. 32Book Third. Object and Merits of the System — Chapter I. Recovery o…
  33. 33II — The Revolution Ends
  34. 34III — Return of the Emigrés
  35. 35IV — Education and Medical Care
  36. 36V — Old and New
  37. 37VI — Religion
  38. 38VII — The Confiscated Property
  39. 39VIII — Public Education
  40. 40Chapter II | Taxation and Conscription
  41. 41II — Equitable Taxation
  42. 42III — Formation of Honest, Efficient Tax Collectors
  43. 43IV — Various Taxes
  44. 44V — Conscription or Professional Soldiers
  45. 45Chapter III | Ambition and Self-Esteem
  46. 46II — Ambitions During the Ancient Regime
  47. 47III — Ambition and Selection
  48. 48IV — Napoleon, Judge-Arbitrator-Ruler
  49. 49IV — The Struggle for Office and Title
  50. 50V — Self-esteem and a Good Reputation
  51. 51Book Fourth. Defect and Effects of the System — Chapter I. Local So…
  52. 52II — Local Community
  53. 53III — Essential Public Local Works
  54. 54IV — Local Associations
  55. 55V — Local Versus State Authority
  56. 56VI — Local Elections Under the First Consul
  57. 57VII — Municipal and General Councillors Under the Empire
  58. 58VIII — Excellence of Local Government After Napoleon
  59. 59Chapter II | Local Society Since 1830
  60. 60II — Universal Suffrage
  61. 61III — Equity in Taxation
  62. 62IV — On Unlimited Universal Suffrage
  63. 63V — Rural or Urban Communes
  64. 64VI — The Larger Communes
  65. 65VII — Local Society in 1880
  66. 66VIII — Final Result in a Tendency to Bankruptcy

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