The Rise and Fall of the Second Empire, 18521871
Contributors: Jonathan Mandelbaum (Translator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 29, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780521358569
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History; France - History; History - General History; History: World; Europe; France; Europe - France; France - History - Second Empire, 1852-1870; History / Europe / General; History / France; Europe - General; 1852-1870; Politics and government
First sentence: The preceding volume recounted the final stages of the rapid march that in 1852 led the Prince-President Louis Napoleon to assume the title of Napoleon III: the senatus consultum of 7 November, the overwhelming 'yes' of the French people in the plebiscite of 21 and 22 November and, finally, the issuing, on 2 December, of a decree promulgating the earlier senatus consultum and proclaiming the Empire.
Notes: The Cambridge History of Modern France