A Social History of France, 1780-1880 (Routledge Social History of the Modern World) [Hardcover]

Peter McPhee (Author)

Book Description

Series: Routledge Social History of the Modern World | Publication Date: March 5, 1992

Since 1960 there has been an exciting expansion of research into the social history of France in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This is the first book in English which synthesizes the insights it offers into a new social history of France during the turbulent century from the crisis of the Ancien Regime to the establishment of the Third Republic. Recent research into the construction of dominant ideologies of gender and ethnicity and the history of class formation is used to formulate new perspectives on the social impact of political upheavals, economic changes and the development of the state. The underlying theme of the book is the social relations of power, in the family, the workplace, and political life. Peter McPhee offers both a thematic approach - for example, in separate chapters on urban and rural France before and after the crisis of the mid-nineteenth century - and a narrative social history of politics during key periods of political mobilization such as the French Revolution and the Second Republic. He also addresses questions at the forefront of current historical research, such as the links between the new "nation-state" and changing ideologies of gender. This book should be of interest to undergraduates and academics.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (March 5, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415016150
• ISBN-13: 978-0415016155
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,529,915 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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