The Republican Moment - Struggles for Democracy in Nineteenth-century France

List of contents

Introduction: Civil Society Freemasonry The Latin Quarter Commercial Politics Jewish Republicanism Liberal Protestantism The Republic of Lawyers The New Painting Political Culture The Middle-Class Interior Conclusion: In Defense of the Republic Notes Acknowledgments Index

About the author

Philip Nord is Professor of History, Princeton University, and the author of Paris Shopkeepers and the Politics of Resentment.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Nord, Philip G. Nord, Phillip Nord
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.1998
• EAN: 9780674762725
• ISBN: 978-0-674-76272-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Weight: 481 g
• Illustrations: 25 halftones
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system