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Nobility Reimagined: The Patriotic Nation in Eighteenth-century France
Jay M. Smith
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Description for Nobility Reimagined: The Patriotic Nation in Eighteenth-century France
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPFN; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
The mature nationalism that fueled the French Revolution grew from patriotic sensibilities fostered over the course of a century or more. Jay M. Smith proposes that the French thought their way to nationhood through a process of psychic adjustment premised on the reimagining of nobility, a social category and moral concept that had long dominated the cultural horizons of the old regime.
Nobility Reimagined follows the elaboration of French patriotism across the eighteenth century and highlights the accentuation of key, and conflicting, features of patriotic thought at defining moments in the history of the monarchy. By enabling the articulation ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801489495
SKU
V9780801489495
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About Jay M. Smith
Jay M. Smith is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of The Culture of Merit: Nobility, Royal Service, and the Making of Absolute Monarchy in France, 1600-1789.
Reviews for Nobility Reimagined: The Patriotic Nation in Eighteenth-century France
"In this elegant, thought-provoking book, Jay M. Smith challenges us to rethink the status of traditional elites in the social imaginary of prerevolutionary France. The book's thesis about the relationship between nobility and patriotism overturns many hallowed assumptions about images of a 'reactionary' aristocracy and should provoke lively debate in the field."
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