Republicanism in Nineteenth-Century France, 1814–1871

Republicanism in Nineteenth-Century France, 1814–1871
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 9781349238606
ISBN-13 : 1349238600
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Book Synopsis Republicanism in Nineteenth-Century France, 1814–1871 by : Pamela Pilbeam

Download or read book Republicanism in Nineteenth-Century France, 1814–1871 written by Pamela Pilbeam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1995-02-27 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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