As a nineteenth-century think tank that sought answers to France's pressing "social question," the Musee Social reached across political lines to forge a reformist alliance founded on an optimistic faith in social science. In A Social Laboratory for Modern France Janet R. Horne presents the story of this institution, offering a nuanced explanation of how, despite centuries of deep ideological division, the French came to agree on the basic premises of their welfare state. Horne explains how Musee founders believed--and convinced others to believe--that the Third Republic would carry...
As a nineteenth-century think tank that sought answers to France's pressing "social question," the Musee Social reached across political lines to forg...
As a nineteenth-century think tank that sought answers to France's pressing "social question," the Musee Social reached across political lines to forge a reformist alliance founded on an optimistic faith in social science. In A Social Laboratory for Modern France Janet R. Horne presents the story of this institution, offering a nuanced explanation of how, despite centuries of deep ideological division, the French came to agree on the basic premises of their welfare state. Horne explains how Musee founders believed--and convinced others to believe--that the Third Republic would carry...
As a nineteenth-century think tank that sought answers to France's pressing "social question," the Musee Social reached across political lines to forg...
