Amateur Musical Societies and Sports Clubs in Provincial France, 1848-1914: Harmony and Hostility

by Alan R.H. Baker

Book Overview

This book explores leisure-related voluntary associations in France during the nineteenth century as practical expressions of the Revolutionary concept of fraternit?. Using a mass of unpublished sources in provincial and national archives, it analyses the history, geography and cultural significance of amateur musical societies and sports clubs in eleven d?partements of France between 1848 and 1914. It demonstrates that, although these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319579924
• ISBN13: 9783319579924
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"