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...

• 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"