The politics of rural life political mobilization in the French countryside, 1845-1852 - McPhee, Peter (Clarendon, 1992)
A study of rural politics in France during the Second Republic (1846-1852) which draws on many regional studies to explore this neglected period. This book aims to show that rural politics were both more complex and more threatening to urban elites than has been generally recognized
Includes bibliographical references and index