Table of Contents
General Editor’s Note, xi
Note on the Translation, xv
Note on the Editions of the OEuvres Complètes, xix
Acknowledgments, xxi
General Introduction, by Jacques de Guenin and
Jean-Claude Paul-Dejean, xxiii
Frédéric Bastiat Chronology, xxxvi
Map of France Showing Cities Mentioned by Bastiat, xxxviii
Map of Southwestern France, xxxix
Part 1: Correspondence
Introduction to the Correspondence, by David M. Hart, 3
Correspondence, 11
Part 2: Articles and Addresses
Section 1: Articles of Biographical Interest
1. Two Articles on the Basque Language, 305
2. Reflection on the Question of Dueling, 309
3. On the Bordeaux to Bayonne Railway Line, 312
4. Draft Preface for the Harmonies, 316
5. Anglomania, Anglophobia, 320
6. Proposition for the Creation of a School for Sons of
Sharecroppers, 334
Section 2: Political Manifestos
1. To the Electors of the Département of the Landes, 341
2. To the Electors of the District of Saint-Sever, 352
3. On Parliamentary Reform, 367
4. To the Electors of the Landes, 387
5. Letter to a Group of Supporters, 387
6. Political Manifestos of April 1849, 390
7. Letter on the Referendum for the Election of the
President of the Republic, 395
Section 3: Electoral Principles
1. Electoral Sophisms, 397
2. The Elections, 404
3. Fragment, 410
4. Letter to a Candidate, 410
5. Letter to Roger Dampierre, 412
Section 4: Articles on Politics
1. On a New Secondary School to Be Founded in Bayonne, 415
2. Freedom of Teaching, 419
3. Freedom of Trade, 421
4. The Parisian Press, 425
5. Petition from an Economist, 426
6. Article in La République française, 429
7. The Scramble for Office, 431
8. Impediments and Taxes, 432
9. Freedom, 433
10. Laissez-faire, 434
11. Under the Republic, 435
12. On Disarmament, 437
13. The Kings Must Disarm, 439
14. Articles in La République française on the Political
Situation, 440
15. To Citizens Lamartine and Ledru-Rollin, 444
16. Report Presented to the 1849 Session of the General
Council of the Landes, on the Question of
Common Land, 446
17. National Assembly, 451
18. Parliamentary Conflicts of Interest, 452
19. Parliamentary Reform, 457
20. Letter to an Ecclesiastic, 463
21. On Religion, 466
22. On the Separation of the Temporal and Spiritual
Domains, 468
23. The Three Pieces of Advice, 471
Glossaries
Glossary of Persons, 477
Glossary of Places, 509
Glossary of Subjects and Terms, 511
Appendix: List of the Correspondence by Recipient, 521
Bibliography of Primary Sources, 525
Index, 535