Republicanism in Nineteenth-Century France, 1814-1871 (European Studies Series)

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1995
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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. The book concludes that the successful republic of 1871 used the rhetoric of democracy to conceal persistent elitism.

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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. The book concludes that the successful republic of 1871 used the rhetoric of democracy to conceal persistent elitism.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 392
Edition: 1995
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 27 Feb 1995
ISBN 10: 0333566726
ISBN 13: 9780333566725
Book Overview: 'The text is scholarly and readable by undergraduate students. The series of which it forms a part is highly commendable.' - John G. George, Canterbury Christ Church College

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'The text is scholarly and readable by undergraduate students. The series of which it forms a part is highly commendable.' - John G. George, Canterbury Christ Church College

Author Bio

PAMELA M. PILBEAM is Reader in Modern European History at Royal Holloway and Bedfore New College, University of London. She has also taught at the universsities of Toronto, York (Ontario) and in 1993, at the University of British Colombia. She is author of Middle Classes in Europe, 1789-1914; The 1830 Revolution in France, Themes in Modern European History, 1780-1830 (Routledge) and is currently preparing a book on The Early Socialists and the Social Question in Nineteenth-Century France.