Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Monarchy. Hierarchy ; Patricians and plebeians ; Patriarchal dependence ; Patronage ; Political authority
  • pt. II. Republicanism. Republicanization of monarchy ; Truncated society ; Loosening the bands of society ; Enlightened paternalism ; Revolution ; Enlightenment ; Benevolence
  • pt. III. Democracy. Equality ; Interests ; Assault on aristocracy ; Democratic officeholding ; World within themselves ; Celebration of commerce
  • Middle-class order.