Family Dynasty, Revolutionary Society - The Cochins of Paris, 1750-1922

This study analyzes the family life and public careers of six generations of a notable Parisian family, the Cochins. Bourgeois merchants in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Cochins earned nobility through the office of alderman (^D'echevin) of Paris. Their family ethos fostered a much-needed element in French public life: a cautious, critical, liberal reform that reflected an independence from the Left, the Legitimist--and later nationalist--Right, as well as the Catholic Church. Still, even these reforming conservatives, however liberal, ultimately found themselves opposing the Third Republic.

Winnie highlights the contributions made by the Cochins and the opposition of the Third Republic. He approaches this task not by looking at a mere series of political crises, but rather by examining the cultural background and the family ethos that sustained them from the Old Regime to World War I. Like much of the latest work in modern French social history, this book finds a significant cultural divide between revolutionary republicanism and even liberal notables from the Old Regime. It demonstrates how these tensions continued through the 19th and into the 20th century. This reflects the fundamental incompatibility between France's political legacies--sustained by powerful and abiding social and cultural factors--that has shaped French life to this day.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction
Family Matters
Wealth and Income
Charity and Social Reform
Religion and the Church
Politics and the Revolution: I
Politics and the Revolution: II
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

LAURENCE H. WINNIE is Lecturer in History and Dean of Berkeley College at Yale University./e He is a member of the Society for French Historical Studies and the American Historical Association.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Laurence H. Winnie, Winnie Laurence H.
• Verlag: Bloomsbury
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.10.2001
• EAN: 9780313313615
• ISBN: 978-0-313-31361-5
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, REFERENCE / Genealogy & Heraldry, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, C 1700 To C 1800, Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours, Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours, World History: Culture