French Peasants in Revolt: The Insurrection of 1851
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Main Author: Margadant, Ted W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton Princeton University Press 2008
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The triumphant rise of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte over his Republican opponents has been the central theme of most narrative accounts of mid-nineteenth-century France, while resistance to the coup d'état generally has been neglected. By placing the insurrection of December 1851 in a broad perspective of socioeconomic and political development, Ted Margadant displays its full significance as a turning point in modern French history. He argues that, as the first expression of a new form of political participation on the part of the peasants, resistance to the coup was of greater importance than p
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (406 p.)
ISBN:1400820324
9781400820320

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