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The French Second Empire: An Anatomy of Political Power

by Roger Price
The French Second Empire: An Anatomy of Political Power

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ISBN13: 9780521808309
ISBN10: 0521808308



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This thoroughly researched book on the Second Empire examines how Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte was able to secure election as President of the Republic and subsequently to launch a coup d'état to establish a Second Empire. It considers the ways in which power was exercised by the new empire and how Napoleon III engaged in a difficult process of transition towards more liberal policies only to experience catastrophic defeat and the destruction of the regime because of war against Prussia.

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"[A] brilliant, comprehensive, and well-researched examination of Napoleon III and the Second Empire...One of the best works on the French Second Empire and an erudite addition to the Cambridge 'New Studies in European History' series." Choice"Second Empire is a crucial addition to our understanding of this complex institution, and will likely remain an indispensable starting point for Second Empire scholarship." The Journal of Military History"a major achievement...It will surely--and deservedly--be regarded as the standard work on the "anatomy" of a political system now receiving its due attention." H-FRANCE"This book should prove to be invaluable to serious students and scholars of the French Second Empire for many years to come." History"The many strands of analysis are woven into a coherent argument about the dynamics of liberalization." Journal of Interdisciplinary History

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'A major new history of Napoleon III’s Second Empire in France.'

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This book - the most thoroughly researched book on the Second Empire in any language - examines how Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte was able to secure election as President of the Republic and subsequently to launch a coup d’état to establish a Second Empire. It considers the ways in which power was exercised by the new empire and how Napoleon III engaged in a difficult process of transition towards more liberal policies; but how at the point of success, war against Prussia brought catastrophic defeat and the destruction of the regime.

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This thoroughly researched book on the Second Empire examines how Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte was able to secure election as President of the Republic and subsequently to launch a coup d'état to establish a Second Empire. It considers the ways in which power was exercised by the new empire and how Napoleon III engaged in a difficult process of transition towards more liberal policies only to experience catastrophic defeat and the destruction of the regime because of war against Prussia.

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'This is the most thoroughly researched book on Napoleon III’s Second Empire in any language. It makes a vital contribution to the quarter-century of French history following the 1848 revolution, which saw major developments in the ‘modernization’of the French state and in its relationships with its citizens.\n

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About the Author

Roger Price taught at the University of East Anglia, 1968-1993, eventually becoming Professor of European History. In 1993 he moved to Aberystwyth as Professor of History. His many other books include The French Second Republic: A Social History (1972), Revolution and Reaction: 1848 and the French Second Republic (1975), The Modernisation of Rural France: Communication Networks and Agricultural Market Structures in Nineteenth-Century France (1983), A Social History of Nineteenth-Century France (1987), The Revolutions of 1848 (1988) and A Concise History of France (1993).

Table of Contents

'Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Rise of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte: 1. President of the Republic; Part II. State and Society: 2. Napoleon III and the Bonapartist state; 3. The system of government; 4. The management of elections; 5. Preserving public order; 6. Constructing moral order; 7. Creating the conditions for prosperity; Conclusion to part II; Part III. The Rise of Opposition: 8. The context for opposition; 9. The forms of opposition (1) legitimism; 10. The forms of opposition (2) liberalism; 11. The forms of opposition (3) republicans in the aftermath of the coup d\'état; 12. The forms of opposition (4) the republican revival; Conclusion to part III; Part IV. War and Revolution: 13. War and revolution; General conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.\n

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ISBN:
9780521808309
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication date:
11/15/2001
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Series info:
New Studies in European History
Language:
English
Pages:
518
Height:
1.40IN
Width:
6.20IN
LCCN:
2001025954
Series:
New studies in European history
Number of Units:
1
Series Volume:
6
UPC Code:
4294967295
Author:
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Author:
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Author:
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Author:
Lyndal Roper
Author:
Peter Baldwin
Author:
Mia guez-Salgado
Author:
Christopher Clark
Author:
James B. Collins
Author:
Rodr
Author:
Roger Price
Subject:
Napoleon
Subject:
Napoleon--III,--Emperor of the French,--1808-1873
Subject:
World History-France
Subject:
France Kings and rulers.
Subject:
France History Second Empire, 1852-1870.
Subject:
France Kings and rulers Biography.

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