France, 1800-1914: A Social History

ISBN-13: 9780582228160 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 398 str.

Roger Magraw

Opis

This social history of France in the 19th century goes beyond the traditional focus of class and class conflict, religion and anticlericalism to explore new areas such as crime and punishment, the medical profession, consumerism and gender.

Spis treści

General editor's preface.  Acknowledgements.  Maps.  Introduction: writing the social history of 19th century France.  1. Social Elites.  2. The Making of the French Working Class.  3. The Peasantry.  4. Religion and anti-clericalism.  5. Education and the uses of literacy.  6. Crime and punishment.  7. The medicalisation of nineteenth-century France.  8. The birth of a consumer society?  9. Gender.  Conclusion.  Appendix I: Political Regimes, 1789-1914.  Appendix II: Chronology of events, 1780-1914.  Appendix III: Glossary of Terms.

O autorze

Roger Magraw