A Social History of France, 1780-1880

A Social History of France, 1780-1880
Author: Peter McPhee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 347
Release: 1993
Genre: France
ISBN: 9780415016162

McPhee synthesizes the most recent research into the social history of France from the collapse of the Ancien Regime to the consolidation of the Third Republic.

A Social History of France 1780-1880

A Social History of France 1780-1880
Author: Peter McPhee
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 347
Release: 1992
Genre: Classes sociales - France - 19e siècle
ISBN: 9780415016155

"This book is the first to synthesize in English the most recent research into the social history of France, from the collapse of the Ancien Regime to the consolidation of the Third Republic. By placing relations of power at the heart of his analysis, the author offers a new and coherent perspective on the relationship between political upheaval, economic change, the construction of new ideologies of gender and ethnicity, and daily life. The book offers to students a lively and clear introduction to this complex and fascinating society and provides specialists with a model for the interpretation of French social history."--pub. desc.

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.

A Social History of France, 1789-1914

A Social History of France, 1789-1914
Author: Peter McPhee
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2004-03-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780333997512

This volume provides an authoritative synthesis of recent work on the social history of France and is now thoroughly revised and updated to cover the 'long nineteenth century' from 1789-1914. Peter McPhee offers both a readable narrative and a distinctive, coherent argument about this century. McPhee explores 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 structure, the religious practices of workers and peasants, and the ideology and internal repercussions of colonisation.

Historicising the French Revolution

Historicising the French Revolution
Author: Carolina Armenteros
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN:

Three decades ago, François Furet famously announced that the French Revolution was over. Napoleon's armies ceased to march around Europe long ago, and Louis XVIII even returned to occupy the throne of his guillotined brother. And yet the Revolutionâ (TM)s memory continues to hold sway over imaginations and cultures around the world. This sway is felt particularly strongly by those who are interested in history: for the French Revolution not only altered the course of history radically, but became the fountainhead of historicism and the origin of the historical mentality. The sixteen essays collected in this volume investigate the Revolutionâ (TM)s intellectual and material legacies. From popular culture to education and politics, from France and Ireland to Poland and Turkey, from 1789 to the present day, leading historians expose, alongside graduate students, the myriad ways in which the Revolution changed humanityâ (TM)s possible futures, its history, and the idea of history. They attest to how the Revolution has had a continuing global significance, and is still shaping the world today.

A Concise History of France

A Concise History of France
Author: Roger Price
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2005-07-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521844802

This book provides a clear and up-to-date guide to French history from the early middle ages to the present--from Charlemagne to Chirac. Among the book's central themes are the relationship between state and society, the impact of war and the use of political power. This second edition, substantially re-written to take account of recent research, includes a new chapter on contemporary France; a society and political system in crisis as a result of globalisation, international terrorism, racial tension and a loss of confidence in political leaders.

The Purchase of the Past

The Purchase of the Past
Author: Tom Stammers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2020-06-25
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1108478840

Offers a broad and vivid overview of the culture of collecting in France over the long nineteenth-century.

Themes in Modern European History, 1780-1830

Themes in Modern European History, 1780-1830
Author: Pamela M. Pilbeam
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780415101738

An authoritative and lively exploration of a period dominated by events which have shaped modern Europe. The chapters are written by six leading academics, and span political, social, economic and demographic facets of revolutions.

The History of France

The History of France
Author: W. Scott Haine Ph.D.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2019-05-24
Genre: History
ISBN:

Few nations have such a long and rich history as France. This indispensible volume covers political, economic, and cultural milestones throughout its long and fascinating history. From Gothic cathedrals to rap and hip-hop, France is at the intersection of the worlds of Northern Europe and the Mediterranean, and it continues to renew the democratic model of politics. Having weathered the storms of the first half of the 20th century, France has helped to curb the recent global march of right-wing nationalism, while economically France ranks among the U.S., China, Japan, Germany, and Great Britain as one of the most powerful economies in the world. The History of France is up-to-date and concise yet comprehensive, offering a readers a current, narrative history of France. Engagingly written for students and general readers alike, it brings to life the compelling history of this fractious and fascinating country. Chronological chapters examine the history of France through the first year and a half of Emmanuel Macron's presidency. A timeline and appendix of Significant Individuals round out the work.

Revolutionary Europe 1780–1850

Revolutionary Europe 1780–1850
Author: Jonathan Sperber
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 611
Release: 2017-04-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351807447

Jonathan Sperber’s Revolutionary Europe 1780–1850 is a history of Europe in the age of the French Revolution, from the end of the old regime to the outcome of the revolutions of 1848. Fully revised and updated, this second edition provides a continent-wide history of the key political events and social transformation that took place within this turbulent period, extending as far as their effects within the European colonial society of the Caribbean. Key features include analyses of the movement from society’s old regime of orders to a civil society of property owners; the varied consequences of rapid population increase and the spread of market relations in the economy; and the upshot of these changes for political life, from violent revolutions and warfare to dramatic reforms and peaceful mass movements a lively account of the events of the period and a thorough analysis of the political, cultural and socioeconomic transformations that shaped them a look into the lives of ordinary people amidst the social and economic developments of the time a range of maps depicting the developments in Europe’s geographic scope between 1789 and 1848, including for the 1820, 1830 and 1848 revolutions. Revolutionary Europe 1780–1850 is the perfect introduction for students of the history of the French Revolution and the history of Europe more broadly.