For the soul of France
Subtitle: culture wars in the age of Dreyfus
By: by Frederick Brown.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780307266316
Subjects: Nationalism -- France -- History -- 19th century; Secularism -- France -- History -- 19th century; Church and state -- France -- History -- 19th century; National characteristics, French; France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940; France -- Civilization -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From the life of Jesus to the Sacré-Coeur; title: Birth pangs of a republic; title: The crash of the union générale; title: France on horse; title: The ogre of modernity : Eiffel's tower; title: The Panama scandal; title: The Dreyfus affair; title: The burning of the charity bazaar; title: Two banquets; title: Chronology.