The Politics of Rural Life: Political Mobilization in the French Countryside 1846-1852

by Peter McPhee

The first full scholarly study of rural politics in France during the Second Republic (1848-1852), this book examines the Revolution of 1848 and the subsequent regime that changed the face of mass politics in France. Unprecedented numbers of French men and women participated in legal and illegal forms of political activity during a period of protracted crisis which was ultimately resolved by a military coup d'etat. McPhee explores this neglected period...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198202253
• ISBN13: 9780198202257
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.8"