The French Second Empire: An Anatomy of Political Power (New Studies in European History)

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 4
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 13
PART I The rise of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte......Page 19
MID-CENTURY CRISIS......Page 21
THE ELECTION OF A PRINCE-PRESIDENT......Page 27
THE COUP D’ETAT......Page 39
CONCLUSION......Page 48
PART II State and society......Page 51
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SECOND EMPIRE......Page 53
THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON III......Page 55
CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION......Page 61
MINISTERS......Page 66
THE CORPS LEGISLATIF......Page 76
ADMINISTRATION......Page 91
THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM......Page 107
OFFICIAL CANDIDATES......Page 111
INFLUENCING THE ELECTORATE......Page 116
LIBERALISATION......Page 133
THE ORGANISATION OF POLICING......Page 146
PRACTICAL POLICING......Page 155
POLITICAL POLICE......Page 158
MEASURING SUCCESS......Page 165
CONTROLLING THE PRESS......Page 183
LITERARY CENSORSHIP......Page 199
MORAL INSTRUCTION......Page 205
EASING THE BURDEN OF POVERTY......Page 216
INTRODUCTION......Page 222
THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS......Page 226
URBAN RENEWAL......Page 232
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS......Page 239
THE QUESTION OF ‘FREE TRADE’......Page 242
ECONOMY, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS......Page 252
Conclusion to Part II......Page 262
PART III The rise of opposition......Page 265
INTRODUCTION......Page 267
THE POLITICAL CONTEXT......Page 272
CHAPTER 9 The forms of opposition: (1) Legitimism......Page 284
CHAPTER 10 The forms of opposition: (2) Liberalism......Page 303
INTRODUCTION......Page 330
THE IMPACT OF THE COUP D’ÉTAT......Page 331
IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE COUP......Page 333
ELECTORAL ACTIVITY......Page 348
INTRODUCTION......Page 356
THE REPUBLICAN ‘MOVEMENT’......Page 357
POLITICAL PROCESSES......Page 367
REPUBLICANS DIVIDED......Page 376
GROWING ELECTORAL SUCCESS......Page 391
THE PLEBISCITE OF MAY 1870......Page 401
Conclusion to Part III......Page 407
PART IV War and revolution......Page 415
FOREIGN POLICY......Page 417
MILITARY READINESS......Page 424
THE ROAD TO WAR......Page 437
THE PUBLIC RESPONSE TO WAR......Page 448
MILITARY DEFEAT......Page 452
THE HOME FRONT......Page 458
REVOLUTION......Page 464
General conclusion......Page 477
1. ARCHIVES NATIONALES......Page 481
4. BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE......Page 486
1. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS, COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS......Page 487
3. CONTEMPORARY BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS......Page 488
SECONDARY SOURCES......Page 494
Index......Page 510