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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455605003321

Autore

Price Roger <1944 January 7->

Titolo

The French Second Empire : an anatomy of political power / / by Roger Price [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001

ISBN

1-107-12475-1

1-280-15951-0

0-511-11990-9

0-511-15544-1

0-511-30388-2

0-511-49684-2

0-511-04463-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 507 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

New studies in European history

Disciplina

944.07/092

B

Soggetti

France Kings and rulers Biography

France History Second Empire, 1852-1870

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-497) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The Rise of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte. 1. President of the Republic -- pt. 2. State and Society. 2. Napoleon III and the Bonapartist state. 3. The system of government. 4. The management of elections. 5. Preserving public order. 6. Constructing moral order. 7. Creating the conditions for prosperity -- Conclusion to Part II -- pt. 3. The Rise of Opposition. 8. The context for opposition. 9. The forms of opposition: (1) Legitimism. 10. The forms of opposition: (2) Liberalism. 11. The forms of opposition: (3) Republicans in the aftermath of the coup d'etat. 12. The forms of opposition: (4) The republican revival -- Conclusion to Part III -- pt. 4. War and revolution. 13. War and revolution.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is about a major historical figure, Napoleon III, and a political regime. It examines how Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (nephew of the first Napoleon) was able to secure election as President of the Republic



and subsequently to launch a coup d'état to establish a Second Empire. It then considers the ways in which power was exercised by the new imperial regime. Later, apparent stability led Napoleon III to engage in a difficult process of transition towards a more liberal regime; but at the point of success the decision was taken to go to war against Prussia which resulted in a catastrophic defeat and the destruction of his regime. This is a most thoroughly researched book on the Second Empire, which makes a contribution to our knowledge of a vitally important period of French history following the 1848 revolution and the intense mid-century crisis.