The Rise and Fall of the Second Empire, 1852-1871 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521358569)

The Second Empire lasted longer than any French regime since 1789, yet most historical accounts of the government of Napoleon III have been overshadowed by the knowledge of its disastrous and tragic end. As Professor Plessis shows in this detailed thermatic study, such an approach ignores the major social, economic, and political developments of a period that witnessed the gradual acceptance of univeral suffrage, the establishment of large-scale industrial capitalism, a massive improvement in communications, and the birth of impressionism in art.

Author: Alain Plessis
ISBN-10: 0521358566
ISBN-13: 9780521358569
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/29/1988
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.16w x 0.53d