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The Cult of the Modern

- Trans-Mediterranean France and the Construction of French Modernity

About The Cult of the Modern

Focuses on nineteenth-century France and Algeria and examines the role that ideas of modernity and modernization played in both national and colonial programs during the years of the Second Empire and the early Third Republic. Gavin Murray-Miller rethinks the subject by examining the idiomatic use of modernity in French cultural and political discourse.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780803290648
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 336
  • Published:
  • April 30, 2017
  • Dimensions:
  • 238x164x28 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 678 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 8, 2024

Description of The Cult of the Modern

Focuses on nineteenth-century France and Algeria and examines the role that ideas of modernity and modernization played in both national and colonial programs during the years of the Second Empire and the early Third Republic. Gavin Murray-Miller rethinks the subject by examining the idiomatic use of modernity in French cultural and political discourse.

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