Defining Modernity: Mentality and Ideology under the French Second Empire

This study intends to examine the relationship between popular conceptions of modernity and Republican ideology during the Second Empire, 1852-1870. With the advent of the industrial revolution in France, scientific knowledge came to be equated with notions of progress and innovation, leading intel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murray-Miller, Gavin
Other Authors: Suzanne L. Marchand
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2005
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04122005-171051/