The Cult of the Modern : Trans-Mediterranean France and the Construction of French Modernity /

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"The Cult of the Modern focuses on nineteenth-century France and Algeria and examines the role that ideas of modernity and modernization played in both national and colonial programs during the years of the Second Empire and the early Third Republic. Gavin Murray-Miller rethinks the subject by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murray-Miller, Gavin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social change.
Politics and government.
Politics and culture.
Nationalism.
Colonies > Administration.
International relations.
Intellectual life.
French colonies.
Colonization.
HISTORY > Modern > 19th century.
HISTORY > Africa > North.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Politique et culture > France > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Nationalisme > France > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Politics and culture > France > History > 19th century.
Nationalism > France > History > 19th century.
Social change > France > History > 19th century.
France.
Algeria.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siecle.
France > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siecle.
France > Intellectual life > 19th century.
France > Politics and government > 19th century.
France > Colonies > Administration > History > 19th century.
Algeria > Colonization > History > 19th century.
Algeria > Relations > France.
France > Relations > Algeria.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Cult of the Modern in the Nineteenth Century
  • Imagining the Modern Community
  • State Modernization and the Making of Bonapartist Modernity
  • Civilizing and Nationalizing
  • The Crucible of Modern Society
  • Old Ends and New Means
  • Republican Government and Political Modernization
  • Toward the Trans-Mediterranean Republic
  • Conclusion: The Second Empire and the Politics of Modernity.

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