MACMILLAN The French Experience from Republic to Monarchy, 1792-1824: New Dawns in Politics, Knowledge and Culture

Product Description Fourteen wide-ranging chapters by distinguished international scholars treat key aspects of the rapidly changing political and cultural scene in France from the First Republic, through the Consulate and Empire to the death of Louis XVIII in 1824. Falling into two interlinked parts, this collection of original essays explores new developments as well as continuities characterising the transition between the eighteenth century and the nineteenth. It includes chapters on feminism, politics and theatre, elections and plebiscites, revolution and counter-revolution, patronage, universities and education, medicine, music and science. Review This volume is a significant contribution to the cultural history of the period 1792-1824...-French Review About the Author DAVID ANDRESS Senior Lecturer in Modern European History, University of Portsmouth IAN H. BIRCHALL Writer specialising in the History of Socialism PATRICE BRET Research Fellow LAURENCE BROCKLISS Fellow and Tutor in Modern History, Magdalen College, Oxford JEAN-CLAUDE CARON Maître de Conférence in Contemporary History, Université de Besancon BARBARA I. COOPER Professor, Department of Languages, Literature and Culture, University of New Hampshire MALCOLM CROOK Professor of French History, Keele University DENISE DAVIDSON Assistant Professor of History, Georgia State University, Atlanta JOEL FELIX Lecturer, Department of French, University of Reading FELICIA GORDON Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship COLIN LAWSON Chair of Performance Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London MUNRO PRICE Senior Lecturer, Department of European Studies, University of Bradford DAVID WISNER Associate Professor of History, The American College of Thessaloniki, Greece