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The Saint-Napoleon: Celebrations of Sovereignty in Nineteenth-Century France
The SaintNapoleon Celebrations of Sovereignty in NineteenthCentury France
Author: Sudhir Hazareesingh
In 1852, President Louis Napoleon of France declared that August 15--Napoleon Bonaparte's birthday--would be celebrated as France's national day. Leading up to the creation of the Second Empire, this was the first in a series of attempts to "Bonapartize" his regime and strengthen its popular legitimacy. Across France, public institutions sought ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674013414
ISBN-10: 0674013417
Publication Date: 5/31/2004
Pages: 322
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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