A Social History of France, 1789-1914; Second Edition

by Peter McPhee

• ISBN13: 9780333997505
• ISBN10: 0333997506
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2004-03-04
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Peter McPhee has held a Personal Chair in History at the University of Melbourne since 1993. He has published widely on the history of modern France.

Table of Contents

Maps and Tables	vi
Abbreviations	vii
Preface to Second Edition	viii
Introduction	1	(187)
1 France in the 1780's	7	(23)
2 The Revolutionary Reconstruction of French Society, 1789-1792	30	(21)
3 Republicanism and Counter-Revolution, 1792-1795	51	(21)
4 The Consolidation of Post-Revolutionary Society, 1795-1815	72	(18)
5 The Social Consequences of the Revolution	90	(18)
6 The World of Notables and Bourgeois, 1815-1845	108	(20)
7 The World of Urban Working People, 1815-1845	128	(19)
8 Rural Change and Continuity, 1815-1845	147	(21)
9 The Mid-Century Crisis, 1846-1852	168	(20)
10 The Transformation of Urban France, 1852-1880	188	(21)
11 The Peak of Rumi Civilization, 1852-1880	209	(20)
12 The Social History of Ideas, 1850-1880: 'The Moralization of the Masses?'	229	(17)
13 The Republican Triumph and its Challenges, 1877-1914	246	(17)
Conclusion - Plus ça change?	263	(16)
Notes	279	(57)
A Guide to Further Reading	336	(9)
Index	345