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Gunn J. A. W (John Alexander Wilson), <1937-> |
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When the French tried to be British [[electronic resource] ] : party, opposition, and the quest for civil disagreement, 1814-1848 / / J.A.W. Gunn |
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Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009 |
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0-7735-8224-X |
1-282-86763-6 |
9786612867637 |
0-7735-7718-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 electronic text (498 p.) : digital file |
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McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; ; 46 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political science - France |
France Politics and government 1814-1830 |
France Politics and government 1830-1848 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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1. Conflict and Its Management in the French Tradition: Pre-revolutionary Perspectives -- 2. Against Party: The Burden of the Past -- 3. Honourable Connections: Ultra-Royalism and Party Government -- 4. Fievee: Paradoxes by Instalment -- 5. Constant and Company: An Almost-Loyal Opposition -- 6. Chateaubriand: The Literary Lion as Political Theorist -- 7. Doctrinaires: Politics of the Chair. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In When the French Tried to Be British, J.A.W. Gunn studies the French effort during 1814 to 1848 to adopt the set of common understandings that lent a comparative stability to British government. The institutions of a loyal opposition and disciplined political parties seemed to be implicit in the parliamentary model, but their acceptance foundered on French reluctance to accord legitimacy to political opponents. A sophisticated minority - including such major figures as Chateaubriand, Constant, Mme de Staël, and Guizot - recognized the need for something approaching the British political culture, but the wounds opened by the Revolution could not readily be healed. A more or less complete acceptance of the civil disagreement that was the |
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