The Republican Moment Struggles for Democracy in Nineteenth-Century France |
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| Author:
| Nord, Philip |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-76272-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1998 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $41.00 |
Book Description:
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Philip Nord shows how France effected a successful transition from Louis-Napoleon's authoritarian Second Empire to a functioning republic based on universal suffrage and governed by middle-class parliamentarians. His multidimensional narrative encompasses not only history and politics but also religion, philosophy, art, literature, and gender.
Philip Nord shows how France effected a successful transition from Louis-Napoleon's authoritarian Second Empire to a functioning republic based on universal suffrage and governed by middle-class parliamentarians. His multidimensional narrative encompasses not only history and politics but also religion, philosophy, art, literature, and gender.