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The Republican Moment : Struggles for Democracy in Nineteenth-Century France
The Republican Moment Struggles for Democracy in NineteenthCentury France Author:Phillip Nord Philip Nord shows how France effected a successful transition from Louis-Napoleon's authoritarian Second Empire to a functioning republic based on universal suffrage and governed by middle-class parliamentarians. His multidimensional narrative encompasses not only history and politics but also religion, philosophy, art, literature, and gender.