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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      28 August 2009
      17 June 2004
      ISBN:
      9780511496851
      9780521837064
      9780521100137
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511496851
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.939kg, 490 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.72kg, 496 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Social and Population History, Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
      Series:
      New Studies in European History
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
    Series:
    New Studies in European History
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    This 2004 book is about politicisation and political choice in the aftermath of the February Revolution of 1848, and the emergence of democracy in France. The introduction of male suffrage both encouraged expectations of social transformation and aroused intense fear. In these circumstances the election of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte as President of the Republic - and his subsequent coup d'état - were the essential features of a counter-revolutionary process which involved the creation of a system of democracy as the basis of regime legitimacy and as a prelude to greater liberalisation. The state positively encouraged the act of voting. But what did it mean? How did people perceive politics? How did communities and groups participate in political activity? These and many other questions concern the relationships between local issues and personalities, and the national political culture, all of which impinged on communities increasingly as a result of substantial social and political change.

    Reviews

    Review of the hardback:'People and Politics is a towering achievement, one that scholars will consult and engage with for years to come.'

    Source: European History Quarterly

    Review of the hardback:'Roger Price joins a distinguished line of Anglophone historians of France who have done much to rescue the Second Empire from the 'black legend' of republican propaganda.'

    Source: The Times Literary Supplement

    Review of the hardback:'… rich synthesis … a densely documented, lively, perceptive survey of a transformative moment in French history.'

    Source: The Journal of Interdisciplinary History

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