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From Subject to Citizen : the Second Empire and the Emergence of Modern French Democracy.

From Subject to Citizen offers an original account of the Second Empire (1852-1870) as a turning point in modern French political culture: a period in which thinkers of all political persuasions combined forces to create the participatory democracy alive in France today. Here Sudhir Hazareesingh pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hazareesingh, Sudhir
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:From Subject to Citizen offers an original account of the Second Empire (1852-1870) as a turning point in modern French political culture: a period in which thinkers of all political persuasions combined forces to create the participatory democracy alive in France today. Here Sudhir Hazareesingh probes beyond well-known features of the Second Empire, its centralized government and authoritarianism, and reveals the political, social, and cultural advances that enabled publicists to engage an increasingly educated public on issues of political order and good citizenship. He portrays th.
Item Description:Cover; Contents.
Physical Description:1 online resource (409 pages)
ISBN:9781400864744
1400864747