The Red City: Limoges and the French Nineteenth Century

by John M. Merriman

Book Overview

This imaginative study recaptures 100 years in the life of Limoges, France's first socialist city, at a time when Limoges rode high on the crest of every wave of social, political, and industrial change. The story of this single city is the story of urban transformation and political radicalism in 19th-century France, of the struggle between tradition and modernity in French society and politics that took place not only within cities but also between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195056825
• ISBN13: 9780195056822
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"