People and politics in France, 1848-1870

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People and politics in France, 1848-1870

Statement of responsibility

Roger Price

Title variation

People & Politics in France, 1848–1870

Creator

• Price, Roger, 1944 January 7-

Subject

• France -- History -- Second Empire, 1852-1870
• France -- History -- Second Republic, 1848-1852
• France -- Politics and government -- 1848-1870

Language

eng

Summary

This 2004 book is about politicisation and political choice in the aftermath of the February Revolution of 1848, and the emergence of democracy in France. The introduction of male suffrage both encouraged expectations of social transformation and aroused intense fear. In these circumstances the election of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte as President of the Republic - and his subsequent coup d'état - were the essential features of a counter-revolutionary process which involved the creation of a system of democracy as the basis of regime legitimacy and as a prelude to greater liberalisation. The state positively encouraged the act of voting. But what did it mean? How did people perceive politics? How did communities and groups participate in political activity? These and many other questions concern the relationships between local issues and personalities, and the national political culture, all of which impinged on communities increasingly as a result of substantial social and political change.--

Member of

• New studies in European history

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Provided by publisher

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UkCbUP

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• New studies in European history
• Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks