The French Experience from Republic to Monarchy, 1792-1824

The French Experience from Republic to Monarchy, 1792-1824
Author: M. Cross
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2000-09-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1403932743

Fourteen wide-ranging chapters by distinguished international scholars treat key aspects of the rapidly changing political and cultural scene in France from the First Republic, through the Consulate and Empire to the death of Louis XVIII in 1824. Falling into two interlinked parts, this collection of original essays explores new developments as well as continuities characterising the transition between the eighteenth century and the nineteenth. It includes chapters on feminism, politics and theatre, elections and plebiscites, revolution and counter-revolution, patronage, universities and education, medicine, music and science.

Napoleon: a Historical Perspective

Napoleon: a Historical Perspective
Author: Jose Gomez-Rivera III
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2014-02-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1493162969

Napoleon has long suffered from his detractors. This book is not a biography, but a perspective based on over a decade of my lectures on the subject and an effort to base a historical analysis of the era on sound historical sources and in the proper context in order to redress what; I view, as the failings of Napoleonic historiography. the historical analysis and interpretation of Napoleons role, actions and consequences to be flawed and tainted by a popular acceptance of historical interpretations proffered by British and commonwealth scholars that have portrayed him as a reactionary dictator driven by insatiable ambition to heights and then brought low by a coalition of liberating nations. This interpretation is, at best, misleading and the byproduct of British political goals during the Napoleonic Wars; brilliantly articulated and proselytized with wartime propaganda, and their aftermath. Propaganda often outlasts its purposes to become national myth. In this case, it has retained its hold on popular opinion as a result of intellectual laxity and resistance in challenging existing norms and opinions; which affects both the general reader as well as historians. Now let the debate begin.

The Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution

The Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution
Author: David Andress
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
Total Pages: 705
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199639744

This title brings together a sweeping range of expert and innovative contributions to offer engaging and thought-provoking insights into the history and historiography of the French Revolution, particularly its legacies in transnational and global contexts.

A Social History of France 1780-1914

A Social History of France 1780-1914
Author: Peter McPhee
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2017-03-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 140393777X

This volume provides a lively and authoritative synthesis of recent work on the social history of France and is now thoroughly updated to cover the 'long nineteenth century' from 1789-1914. Peter McPhee offers both a readable narrative and a distinctive, coherent argument about this remarkable century and explores key themes such as: - Peasant interaction with the environment - The changing experience of work and leisure - The nature of crime and protest - Changing demographic patterns and family structures - The religious practices of workers and peasants - The ideology and internal repercussions of colonisation. At the core of this social history is the exercise and experience of 'social relations of power' - not only because in these years there were four periods of protracted upheaval, but also because the history of the workplace, of relations between women and men, adults and children, is all about human interaction. Stimulating and enjoyable to read, this indispensable introduction to nineteenth-century France will help readers to make sense of the often bewildering story of these years, while giving them a better understanding of what it meant to be an inhabitant of France during that turbulent time.

Feeding France

Feeding France
Author: E. C. Spary
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2014-05-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107031052

Feeding France shows how chemists navigated the French Revolution to become the first public food experts in an industrialising world.

Living the French Revolution, 1789-1799

Living the French Revolution, 1789-1799
Author: P. McPhee
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2006-10-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 023022881X

What did it mean to live through the French Revolution? This volume provides a coherent and expansive portrait of revolutionary life by exploring the lived experience of the people of France's villages and country towns, revealing how The Revolution had a dramatic impact on daily life from family relations to religious practices.

The King's Artists : The Royal Academy of Arts and the Politics of British Culture 1760-1840

The King's Artists : The Royal Academy of Arts and the Politics of British Culture 1760-1840
Author: Holger Hoock
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2003-11-13
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780191556104

This is the story of the forging of a national cultural institution in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. The Royal Academy of Arts was the dominant art school and exhibition society in London and a model for art societies across the British Isles and North America. This is the first study of its early years, re-evaluating the Academy's significance in national cultural life and its profile in an international context. Holger Hoock reassesses royal and state patronage of the arts and explores the concepts and practices of cultural patriotism and the politicization of art during the American and French Revolutions. By demonstrating how the Academy shaped the notions of an English and British school of art and influenced the emergence of the British cultural state, he illuminates the politics of national culture and the character of British public life in an age of war, revolution, and reform.

Popular Sovereignty in Historical Perspective

Popular Sovereignty in Historical Perspective
Author: Richard Bourke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2016-03-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107130409

The first collaborative volume to explore popular sovereignty, a pivotal concept in the history of political thought.

From Artisan to Worker

From Artisan to Worker
Author: Michael P. Fitzsimmons
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2010-03-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1139485938

From Artisan to Worker examines the largely overlooked debate over the potential reestablishment of guilds that occurred from 1776 to 1821. The abolition of guilds in 1791 overturned an organization of labor that had been in place for centuries. The disorder that ensued - from concerns about the safety of the food supply to a general decline in the quality of goods - raised strong doubts about their abolition and sparked a debate both inside and outside of government that went on for decades. The issue of the reestablishment of guilds, however, subsequently became intertwined with the growing mechanization of production. Under the Napoleonic regime, the government considered several projects to restore guilds in a large-scale fashion, but the counterargument that guilds could impede mechanization prevailed. After Bonaparte's fall, the restored Bourbon dynasty was expected to reorganize guilds, but its sponsorship of an industrial exhibition in 1819 signaled its endorsement of mechanization, and after 1821 there were no further efforts to restore guilds during the Restoration.