Republicanism in Nineteenth-Century France, 1814–1871
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:27th Feb '95
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'The text is scholarly and readable by undergraduate students. The series of which it forms a part is highly commendable.' - John G. George, Canterbury Christ Church College
This book is a fascinating survey of nineteenth-century republicanism, the first of its kind this century. It investigates why it was that although France was one of the first countries in modern Europe to become a republic in 1792, it was nearly a hundred years before a republic was acceptable to the majority.This book is a fascinating survey of nineteenth-century republicanism, the first of its kind this century. It investigates why it was that although France was one of the first countries in modern Europe to become a republic in 1792, it was nearly a hundred years before a republic was acceptable to the majority. Pamela Pilbeam suggests that republicanism was a witch's brew of Enlightenment rationality, bloody memories and conflicting socialist expectations. The book concludes that the successful republic of 1871 used the rhetoric of democracy to conceal persistent elitism.
'The text is scholarly and readable by undergraduate students. The series of which it forms a part is highly commendable.' - John G. George, Canterbury Christ Church College
ISBN: 9780333566718
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 646g
392 pages