LEADER 04090nam 2200697 450 001 9910797408303321 005 20230126213418.0 010 $a1-5017-0128-2 010 $a1-5017-0129-0 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501701290 035 $a(CKB)3710000000470679 035 $a(EBL)4189244 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001543977 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16135022 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543977 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13030673 035 $a(PQKB)10266752 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001517025 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4189244 035 $a(OCoLC)919921459 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46800 035 $a(DE-B1597)478253 035 $a(OCoLC)920692223 035 $a(OCoLC)979954639 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501701290 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4189244 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11129081 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL831923 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000470679 100 $a20151223h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBecoming bourgeois $elove, kinship, and power in provincial France, 1670-1880 /$fChristopher H. Johnson 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2015. 210 4$d©2015 215 $a1 online resource (358 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-8014-5398-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tPart I. The Ascent (1670-1800) --$t1. The Way of Print --$t2. Bourgeois de Vannes, Bourgeois de Paris --$t3. The Revolutions of the Galles --$tPart II. Bourgeois Culture (1800-1880) --$t4. The Sibling Archipelago --$t5. "Mon Adèle" --$t6. Notre Adèle --$t7. Guadeloupe --$t8. The Chosen: Educating René --$t9. Into the World --$t10. The Legacy: Bourgeois Nation Building and Civic Leadership --$tBibliographical Notes --$tIndex 330 $aBecoming Bourgeois traces the fortunes of three French families in the municipality of Vannes, in Brittany-Galles, Jollivet, and Le Ridant-who rose to prominence in publishing, law, the military, public administration, and intellectual pursuits over the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Revisiting complex issues of bourgeois class formation from the perspective of the interior lives of families, Christopher H. Johnson argues that the most durable and socially advantageous links forging bourgeois ascent were those of kinship. Economic success, though certainly derived from the virtues of hard work and intelligent management, was always underpinned by marriage strategies and the diligent intervention of influential family members. Johnson's examination of hundreds of personal letters opens up a whole world: the vicissitudes of courtship; the centrality of marriage; the depths of conjugal love; the routines of pregnancy and the drama of childbirth; the practices of child rearing and education; the powerful place of siblings; the role of kin in advancing the next generation; tragedy and deaths; the enormous contributions of women in all aspects of becoming bourgeois; and the pleasures of gathering together in intimate soirées, grand balls, country houses, and civic and political organizations. Family love bound it all together, and this is ultimately what this book is about, as four generations of rather ordinary provincial people capture our hearts. 606 $aMiddle class$zFrance$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aMiddle class$zFrance$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aFamilies$zFrance 607 $aFrance$xSocial conditions$y19th century 607 $aFrance$xSocial conditions$y18th century 615 0$aMiddle class$xHistory 615 0$aMiddle class$xHistory 615 0$aFamilies 676 $a306.094409/033 700 $aJohnson$b Christopher H.$0253633 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797408303321 996 $aBecoming bourgeois$93826537 997 $aUNINA