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In Pursuit of the People: Political Culture in France, 1934-9
Jessica Wardhaugh
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Description for In Pursuit of the People: Political Culture in France, 1934-9
Hardcover. The first comparative study of how the French Popular Front and its right-wing opponents transformed the masses into the people, whether in demonstrations and festivals, or theatre and film. Seven chapters examine the representation of the crowd, workers, electorate, nation and symbolic community, exploring parallels between left and right. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
The first comparative study of how the French Popular Front and its right-wing opponents transformed the masses into the people, whether in demonstrations and festivals, or theatre and film. Seven chapters examine the representation of the crowd, workers, electorate, nation and symbolic community, exploring parallels between left and right.
The first comparative study of how the French Popular Front and its right-wing opponents transformed the masses into the people, whether in demonstrations and festivals, or theatre and film. Seven chapters examine the representation of the crowd, workers, electorate, nation and symbolic community, exploring parallels between left and right.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
313
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230202771
SKU
V9780230202771
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99-15
About Jessica Wardhaugh
JESSICA WARDHAUGH (née Irons) is Junior Research Fellow in French History at Christ Church, University of Oxford, UK. She has edited one book; Paris and the Right in the Twentieth Century, and has prublished articles on street politics, popular theatre, and the intellectuals of Europe, Revue Mensuelle.
Reviews for In Pursuit of the People: Political Culture in France, 1934-9
'A new and exciting cultural history of the political staging of 'the people' by left and right in 1930s France. The best thing to come out on the Popular Front in English since Julian Jackson.' - Robert Gildea, Worcester College, University of Oxford, UK 'This important and innovative book redraws the historical map for understanding ... Read more