Taking liberties : problems of a new order from the French Revolution to Napoleon / edited by Howard G. Brown and Judith A. Miller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Howard G.

Miller, Judith A., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Congresses.

Napoleon.

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.

History.

France--History--1789-1815--Congresses.

France.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 210 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002.

Summary:

This book invites scholars and students alike to reconsider the transition from the French Revolution to Napoleon. This period is often described in terms of social chaos, ineffectual government, and democratic disappointment. Rather than simply trying to efface this image, this collection explores the ambiguities and continuities of the period from 1794 to 1814. Such an approach offers numerous insights into the problems of a post-revolutionary order where high ideals confronted harsh realities.

Contents:

New paths from the Terror to the Empire: an historiographical introduction / Howard G. Brown, Judith A. Miller 1

1 The search for stability / Howard G. Brown 20

2 Family bonds and female citizenship: emigre women under the Directory / Jennifer N. Heuer 51

3 The aftermath of the assignat: plaintiffs in the age of property, 1794-1804 / Judith A. Miller 70

4 Science and memory: the stakes of the expedition to Egypt (1798-1801) / Marie-Noelle Bourguet 92

5 The frivolous French: 'liberty of pleasure' and the end of luxury / Rebecca L. Spang 110

6 The social contours of meritocracy in the Napoleonic officer corps / Rafe Blaufarb 126

7 A festival of the law: Napoleon's Jewish assemblies / Ronald B. Schechter 147

8 Arbitrary detention, human rights and the Napoleonic Senate / Michael D. Sibalis 166

9 Napoleon and his artists: in the grip of reality / Annie Jourdan 185.

Notes:

Papers presented at a meeting held at Emory University, Nov. 12-13, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0719064309

0719064317

OCLC:

51059312