Forgotten crisis : the fin de siècle crisis of democracy in France / Robert Elliot Kaplan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaplan, Robert (Robert Elliot)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income tax.

History.

Democracy.

Middle class.

France--Politics and government--1870-1940.

France.

Politics and government.

Middle class--France--History--19th century.

Elite (Social sciences)--France.

Elite (Social sciences).

Democracy--France--History--19th century.

Income tax--France--History--19th century.

Socialism--France--History--19th century.

Socialism.

Physical Description:

xii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; Providence, R.I. : Berg Publishers, 1995.

Summary:

This revisionist book shows how France's haute bourgeoisie understood and responded to the threat of revolution it believed it faced in the 1890s. The essence of the threat was that under the regime of the Third Republic the non-wealthy might come to control government through the power of the vote and employ a graduated income tax to destroy the wealthy. This book examines, in detail, the battle over the income tax which was the main political issue in France during this time but which is virtually absent from histories of the period. It also explains how the Dreyfus Affair has mistakenly been considered to have been the central event of the period.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index.

ISBN:

1859730329 :

OCLC:

31710048