Republicanism in Nineteenth-Century France, 1814-1871

by Pamela M. Pilbeam

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333566726
• ISBN13: 9780333566725
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"