Title A history of modern France / Jeremy D. Popkin

Edition Fifth edition Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 393 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. "The Oldest Nation of Europe" -- A Variegated Hexagon -- The Historical Heritage -- 2. Eighteenth-Century French Society and Economy -- Villages and Peasants -- Cities and the Urban Population -- Nobles -- Clergy -- A Changing Economy -- The Growth of Population -- The Agricultural Sector -- Manufacturing and Commerce -- 3. Culture and Thought in Eighteenth-Century France -- The French Enlightenment -- The Eighteenth-Century Public 4. A Government under Challenge -- The Absolutist System and Its Weaknesses -- The Breakdown of Absolutism, 1750 to 1774 -- The Reign of Louis XVI, 1774 to 1787 -- France and the European State System -- 5. Collapse of the Old Monarchy -- From Failed Reforms to Revolutionary Crisis -- Meeting of the Estates-General -- The Parliamentary Revolution -- The Storming of the Bastille -- 6. Successes and Failures of the Liberal Revolution -- The "Abolition of Feudalism" and the Declaration of Rights -- The October Days -- A New Political Culture The Accomplishments of the National Assembly, 1789 to 1791 -- The Revolution and the Reform of the Church -- The King's Flight and the Crisis of 1791 -- 7. The Radical Revolution -- The Legislative Assembly and the War -- The Revolt against Slavery -- The Move toward War -- The Overthrow of the Monarchy -- The Convention and the Republic -- Girondins and Montagnards -- The Dictatorship of the Jacobins -- Revolutionary Culture -- The Great Terror and Thermidor -- 8. The Return to Order -- The Thermidorian Reaction -- The Directory -- 9. The Napoleonic Years -- The Consul and the Consulate The Napoleonic Empire -- Elements of Opposition -- The End of the Empire -- 10. The Restoration -- France in 1814 -- The Return of the Bourbons and the Hundred Days -- The Consolidation of Constitutional Monarchy -- Postrevolutionary France -- The Revolution of 1830 -- 11. The July Monarchy and Its Critics -- The Bourgeois Monarchy and Its Foes -- The Regime's Opponents -- Prophetic Voices -- Orléanist Liberalism -- 12. A New Social World -- The Beginnings of French Industrialization -- Bourgeois Society -- The New Urban World -- Cultural Trends 13. The Revolution of 1848: The Crisis of Bourgeois Society -- The February Revolution -- The Provisional Government -- The June Days and the Conservative Republic -- The Troubled Republic -- 14. The Second Empire's Decade of Prosperity -- The Empire's New Clothes -- Haussmann's Rebuilding of Paris -- Foreign Adventures -- 15. The Second Empire in Difficulties -- Domestic Policies in the Empire's Second Decade -- The Cultural Climate -- The Gamble of the Liberal Empire -- The Franco-Prussian War -- 16. The Paris Commune and the Origins of the Third Republic -- The Government of National Defense Summary "This book offers a framework to understand modern French history through a survey of the dramatic events that have punctuated its history from the eighteenth century to the present day. It takes a chronological approach that is approachable for students and gives them a clear and understandable picture of the history of modern France. This edition has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the most recent scholarship and extend coverage into the present day. Supported by further reading that has been updated to include the most recent publications, the book is the ideal introduction to the history of modern France for students of this fascinating country."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Jeremy D. Popkin is the William T. Bryan Chair of History at the University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky, USA). In addition to his new comprehensive history, A New World Begins: The Story of the French Revolution, he has published Revolutionary News: The Press in France, 1789-1799; You Are All Free: The Haitian Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery; and A Short History of the French Revolution Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 05, 2020) Subject HISTORY -- Europe -- France. HISTORY -- Modern -- 18th Century. HISTORY -- Modern -- 19th Century. SUBJECT France -- History -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051305 France -- History -- 1789- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051348 Subject France Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019048418 ISBN 9781315150727 1315150727 9781351366663 1351366661 9781351366670 135136667X 9781351366687 1351366688

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