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The French Century
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Author : Brian Moynahan
language : en
Publisher: Flammarion-Pere Castor
Release Date : 2007
The French Century written by Brian Moynahan and has been published by Flammarion-Pere Castor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Shows how the French imagination, in entertainment, sports, arts, science, and technology, continues today to influence the world.
Visions And Revisions Of Eighteenth Century France
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Author : Christine Adams
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2005-08-18
Visions And Revisions Of Eighteenth Century France written by Christine Adams and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-18 with History categories.
This volume brings together eight essays (all but one previously unpublished) that offer innovative strategies for studying society and culture in eighteenth-century France. Divided into three sections, the chapters map out current research paths in social, cultural, and political history. The authors engage the most heated subjects of debate in the field today, including the changing nature of political life in the age of Enlightenment, the role of public opinion in undermining absolutism, and the impact of gender on social relationships and political language in the late eighteenth century. They demonstrate a marked interest in the lives of ordinary and humble French people, finding that exclusion from the main corridors of power fostered cunning and resourcefulness, not political indifference or ignorance. The articles encompass the Old Regime and the revolutionary era without falling into the teleological trap of using the former as the backdrop for the events of 1789. On the contrary, many of the authors consciously avoid this bias by investigating the Old Regime in its own right or by consciously linking the pre- and postrevolutionary eras. This decision alone marks an important turning of the tide. By establishing a dialogue between the Old Regime and the revolution, this volume implicitly pays homage to those historians who insist on the structural continuities that underlay the rupture of 1789. Contributors are Cissie Fairchilds, Christine Adams, Orest Ranum, Lisa Jane Graham, Harvey Chisick, John Garrigus, Lenard Berlanstein, and Jack Censer.
France And The French In The Second Half Of The Nineteenth Century
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Author : Karl Hillebrand
language : en
Publisher: London : Trübner
Release Date : 1881
France And The French In The Second Half Of The Nineteenth Century written by Karl Hillebrand and has been published by London : Trübner this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with France categories.
A History Of Sixteenth Century France 1483 1598
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Author : Janine Garrisson
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 1995
A History Of Sixteenth Century France 1483 1598 written by Janine Garrisson and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with France categories.
France And The French In The Second Half Of The Nineteenh Century
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Author : Karl Hillebrand
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
France And The French In The Second Half Of The Nineteenh Century written by Karl Hillebrand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with France categories.
Inventing The French Revolution
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Author : Keith Michael Baker
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1990-01-26
Inventing The French Revolution written by Keith Michael Baker and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-26 with History categories.
A wide-ranging collection of essays exploring the question 'How did the French Revolution become thinkable?'.
Privilege And The Politics Of Taxation In Eighteenth Century France
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Author : Michael Kwass
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006-11-02
Privilege And The Politics Of Taxation In Eighteenth Century France written by Michael Kwass and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-02 with Business & Economics categories.
Privilege and the Politics of Taxation in Eighteenth-Century France, first published in 2000, offers a lucid interpretation of the Ancien Régime and the origins of the French Revolution. It examines what was arguably the most ambitious project of the eighteenth-century French monarchy: the attempt to impose direct taxes on formerly tax-exempt privileged elites. Connecting the social history of the state to the study of political culture, Michael Kwass describes how the crown refashioned its institutions and ideology to impose new forms of taxation on the privileged. Drawing on impressive primary research from national and provincial archives, Kwass demonstrates that the levy of these taxes, which struck elites with some force, not only altered the relationship between monarchy and social hierarchy, but also transformed political language and attitudes in the decades before the French Revolution. Privilege and the Politics of Taxation in Eighteenth-Century France sheds light on French history during this crucial period.
A Social History Of Nineteenth Century France
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Author : ROGER. PRICE
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2024-02-25
A Social History Of Nineteenth Century France written by ROGER. PRICE and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-25 with Computers categories.
First published in 1987, A Social History of Nineteenth-Century France argues that the social impact of the French Revolution has been greatly exaggerated, and that in 1815 France was still predominantly a rural and pre-industrial society. The revolution introduced only very limited changes in social structures and relationships - the daily lives of ordinary people remained virtually unchanged. A much more decisive turning point in French history, the author suggests, was the period of structural change in economy and society, which began in the mid nineteenth century. The first part of the book looks at many changes in the economy and their effect on living standards and social environment. The second part identifies the social groups which make up French society and provides detailed analyses of their lifestyles and social relationships. Part Three considers the influence of such key institutions as churches, schools, and the state. Drawing on an exceptionally wide range of primary sources, this is likely to be the definitive overview of French society for many years to come and will be of interest to researchers of French history and European history.
Noblesse Au Xviiie Si Cle Anglais
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Author : Guy Chaussinand-Nogaret
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1985-05-16
Noblesse Au Xviiie Si Cle Anglais written by Guy Chaussinand-Nogaret and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-05-16 with History categories.
Contrary to their traditional image as a caste of intransigent reactionaries and parasites, this analysis maintains that pre-revolutionary nobility actually were in the forefront of French economic and intellectual life, and until 1789, at the head of the movement for reform of the old regime.
Policing The Poor In Eighteenth Century France
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Author : Robert M. Schwartz
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2017-10-10
Policing The Poor In Eighteenth Century France written by Robert M. Schwartz and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-10 with History categories.
Robert Schwartz examines the French government's attempts to suppress mendicity from the reign of Louis XIV to the Revolution. His study provides a rich account of the evolution of poverty, the varied and shifting attitudes toward the delinquent poor, and the government's efforts to control mendicity by strengthening the state's repressive machinery during the eighteenth century. As Schwartz demonstrates, popular conceptions of the mendicant poor in the ancient regime increasingly focused on the threat that they presented to the rest of society, thereby opening the way for the central state to augment its authority and enhance its credibility by acting as the agent protecting the majority of the populace from its threat to public security. Government efforts to control the activity of the "unworthy poor" -- those of sound mind and body who were seen to prefer idleness over productive work -- were most pronounced during two periods of repressive policing, one in the early eighteenth century and the other in the last two decades before the Revolution. From 1724 to 1733 beggars were interned in hopitaux, existing municipal institutions intended for the care of the "worthy poor," including orphans, the infirm, and the aged. But from 1768 until the outbreak of the Revolution, more stringent measures were taken. Sturdy beggars and vagrants were confined apart from the worthy poor on specially established, royal workhouses called depots de mendicite, and in the case of some repeat offenders, were sentenced to the galleys. This stepped-up level of policing arose not only from royal administrators' long-standing view of mendicity as criminal activity; it was also made possible because the propertied classes had likewise come to believe the mendicant poor were a danger rather than a nuisance. Economic and demographic conditions combined to swell the ranks of paupers and vagrants, especially in the 1760s and 1770s, and social tensions, along with calls for government action, multiplied in proportion to their numbers. As villagers came to call upon the improved royal police for help, a popular mental association of the state with public security began to take root. In arriving at these conclusions, Schwartz concentrates on law enforcement in a single area, Lower Normandy, but continually provides a perspective on local events by putting them in the context of national trends and realities. He tells the story of the poor in eighteenth-century France in sympathetic terms, giving a human face to poverty and to the men who policed its effects. Originally published in 1987. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
