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The Language Question under Napoleon
Stewart McCain
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Description for The Language Question under Napoleon
Hardback. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book offers a new perspective on the cultural politics of the Napoleonic Empire by exploring the issue of language within four pivotal institutions - the school, the army, the courtroom and the church. Based on wide-ranging research in archival and published sources, Stewart McCain demonstrates that the Napoleonic State was in reality fractured by disagreements over how best to govern a population characterized by enormous linguistic diversity. Napoleonic officials were not simply cultural imperialists; many acted as culture-brokers, emphasizing their familiarity with the local language to secure employment with the state, and pointing to linguistic and cultural particularism to ... Read more
This book offers a new perspective on the cultural politics of the Napoleonic Empire by exploring the issue of language within four pivotal institutions - the school, the army, the courtroom and the church. Based on wide-ranging research in archival and published sources, Stewart McCain demonstrates that the Napoleonic State was in reality fractured by disagreements over how best to govern a population characterized by enormous linguistic diversity. Napoleonic officials were not simply cultural imperialists; many acted as culture-brokers, emphasizing their familiarity with the local language to secure employment with the state, and pointing to linguistic and cultural particularism to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
Series
War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850
Number of Pages
307
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319549354
SKU
V9783319549354
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About Stewart McCain
Stewart McCain is Programme Director in History at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, UK, and has previously taught European History at the Universities of Winchester, Aston and Oxford. Grants from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Royal Historical Society have supported his research, which has previously appeared in French History.
Reviews for The Language Question under Napoleon
“Stewart McCain’s richly researched and thought-provoking new book is the latest contribution to the scholarly conversation on the Revolutionary invention of French linguistic nationalism. … The Language Question under Napoleon will be required reading for scholars interested in the intersection between language, nationalism, and state formation in France.” (Paul Cohen, H-France Review, Vol. 19 (217), November, 2019) “Drawing on impressively ... Read more