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List of Illustrations . . ix
Acknowledgments . . xi
Abbreviations . . xiv

Introduction . . 1
1. La France Profonde? News and Political Information in the Village . . 22
2. From Emotion Populaire to Seditious Words: Rural Protest in the Ancien Regime . . 58
3. Bringing Them into the Fold: The Struggle against Ignorance and Dissent in the French Revolution . . 89
4. "Long Live Louis XVII": The Prosecution of Seditious Speech during the French Revolution . . 132
5. Tricksters, Dupes, and Drunkards: Truth and Untruth in the Search for Rural Political Opinion . . 172
Conclusion . . 207

Notes . . 219
Bibliography . . 267
Index . . 299