France Under Napoleon

by Louis Bergeron

Book Overview

A classic social history of France in the Napoleonic period--now available in English to a new generation of readers

Presented here is an English translation of a study that was part of a distinguished French series on the country's post-Revolution history. Unlike much Napoleonic literature that features the personality and foreign policy of the emperor, France under Napoleon describes the condition of France and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691007896
• ISBN13: 9780691007892
• Release Date: October 1981
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Good Concise Social History

This concise and clear book is a summary of French social history during the Napoleonic period. Bergeron covers the structure of government administration under Napoleon, economic life, class structure, and elements of intellectual life. The underlying theme is distinguishing what elements in French society changed as a result of the revolution and what elements exhibit continuity. There is also a good and concise discussion of how the Napoleonic period set the stage for the social structure of Restoration France.