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thanks.
do you remember how exactly the explanation works?
i was thinking as i ran some errands that there might be some problems up front with it, in terms of sequence of actions that brought about the revolution---in other words what exact actions does the book try to explain and who carried them out?
i can see in principle how the impression "they had to be tripping" might fit into some situations--things like the decision of the king to pay for intervening in the american revolution by floating bonds that the state later defaulted on, which (through i complicated set of moves) caused the revolt of the notables (aristo-types) in 1787--but that wouldnt fit with an argument about peasant diet, and besides everything that happened can be easily explained on other grounds.
the great fear doesnt work exactly, though it did involve country folk....
most of the main action that drove the revolution happened in paris intitially---do you remember if the category peasantry is extended to include them? if the author does that, then it would not really be a surprise that i hadnt heard of him....
maybe la vendee?
i dont know--sorry for all the questions, given that you read the book a while ago---but am thinking about it a bit and there we are.....
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spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
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