The Republican Moment
Author | : Philip G. Nord |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1995 |
ISBN-10 | : 0674762711 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780674762718 |
Rating | : 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Republican Moment written by Philip G. Nord and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the particular character and unfolding of these struggles, Nord demonstrates, that made an awakening middle class receptive to democratic politics. The new republican elite was armed with a specific vision that rallied rural France - a vision of solidarity and civic-mindedness, of moral improvement, and of a socioeconomic order anchored in family enterprise.