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Peasants into Frenchmen
Eugen Weber
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Paperback. France achieved national unity much later than is commonly supposed. This book traces how France underwent a veritable crisis of civilization in the early years of the French Republic as traditional attitudes and practices crumbled under the forces of modernization. Num Pages: 632 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 748.
France achieved national unity much later than is commonly supposed. For a hundred years and more after the Revolution, millions of peasants lived on as if in a timeless world, their existence little different from that of the generations before them.
The author of this lively, often witty, and always provocative work traces how France underwent a veritable crisis of civilization in the early years of the French Republic as traditional attitudes and practices crumbled under the forces of modernization. Local roads and railways were the decisive factors, bringing hitherto remote and inaccessible regions into easy contact with markets ... Read more
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Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
632
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Condition
New
Weight
747g
Number of Pages
632
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804710138
SKU
V9780804710138
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99-50
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