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| Preface | |
| Introduction | 3 |
| I | Violence, Satire, and Social Types in the Graphic Art of the July Monarchy | 10 |
| II | The Image that Speaks: The Significance of M. Mayeux in the Art and Literature of the July Monarchy | 37 |
| III | The Proletarian's Body: Charlet's Representations of Social Class during the July Monarchy | 58 |
| IV | Proto-Realism in the July Monarchy: The Strategies of Philippe-Auguste Jeanron and Charles-Joseph Travies | 90 |
| V | Historical Vision and the Writing of History at Louis-Philippe's Versailles | 113 |
| VI | Michaud's History of the Crusades and the French Crusade in Algeria under Louis-Philippe | 144 |
| VII | Pop Culture in the Making: The Romantic Craze for History | 166 |
| VIII | The Power of Axes and the Axes of Power: L.-T.-J. Visconti, the New Louvre, and the Shape of Paris | 189 |
| IX | Going to Extremes over the Construction of the Juste Milieu | 213 |
| Notes | 237 |
| Notes on Contributors | 261 |
| Bibliography | 263 |
| Index | 277 |