Rural Society and French Politics: Boulangism and the Dreyfus Affair, 1886-1900

by Michael Burns

Book Overview

Michael Burns charts the rural impact of the two political watersheds" of fin-de-siecle France--Boulangism and the Dreyfus Affair. Broadening our understanding of the early Third Republic, he investigates its intricate village life and shows how the deindustrialization of the countryside both upset and solidified rural cultures. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691054231
• ISBN13: 9780691054230
• Release Date: November 1984
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"