| Foreward | | p. V-VIII |
| Economic and demographic developments | | p. 3-20 |
| The bourgeoisie, capitalism, and the origins of the French Revolution | | p. 21-39 |
| Nobility | | p. 40-55 |
| Monarchy | | p. 56-73 |
| Books, philosophy, Enlightenment | | p. 74-91 |
| Tumultuous contexts and radical ideas (1783(1789). The "pre-revolution" in a transnational perspective | | p. 92-108 |
| The diplomatic origins of the French Revolution | | p. 109-127 |
| The view from above | | p. 131-148 |
| The view from below. The 1789 cahiers de doléances | | p. 149-163 |
| A social revolution ? Rethinking popular insurrection in 1789 | | p. 164-179 |
| A personal revolution. National assembly deputies and the politics of 1789 | | p. 180-198 |
| Sovereignty and constitutional power | | p. 201-217 |
| The new regime. Political institutions and democratic practices under the constitutional monarchy | | p. 218-235 |
| Revolution and changing identities in France, 1787-1799 | | p. 236-253 |
| Religion and Revolution | | p. 254-271 |
| Urban violence in 1789 | | p. 272-289 |
| Race, slavery, and colonies in the French Revolution | | p. 290-307 |
| Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette | | p. 311-329 |
| Emigration in politics and imaginations | | p. 330-345 |