Ralliement in French Politics, 1890-1898 Hardcover by Alexander Sedgwick

Product Details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press (1965-01-05)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 183 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780674747517
• Item Weight: 567.0 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

Alexander Sedgwick presents an intensive examination of the political problems confronting French Royalists, Catholics, and conservative Republicans in their attempt to form a conservative party, within the framework of the Republic, in the decade dominated by the Panama Scandal and the Dreyfus Affair. Basing his analysis on unpublished papers and contemporary newspapers, pamphlets, and reviews often neglected in studies of the period, the author demonstrates that the failure of the movement can be traced to endemic French political attitudes, and that the Ralliement has significant historical implications which have not been generally recognized.

About the Author

Alexander Sedgwick is University Professor, Emeritus, the University of Virginia.