National character and public spirit in Britain and France, 1750-1914
By: Roberto Romani.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: National characteristics, British -- History.; National characteristics, French -- History.; Public interest -- Great Britain -- History.; Public interest -- France -- History.; Great Britain -- Intellectual life.; France -- Intellectual life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PartI 1750-1850; title: France; title: 1 All Montesquieu's sons: the place of esprit gineral,; title: caractere national, and mceurs in French political; title: philosophy, 1748-1789; title: 2 After the Revolution: Stael on political morality; title: 3 From republicanism to industrialism and national character:; title: Melchiorre Gioja, Charles Dupin, and Continental political; title: economy, 1800-1848; title: 4 The French Restoration dispute over mores; title: and Tocqueville; title: Great Britain; title: 5 Between Whiggism and the science of manners: Britain,; title: 1750-1800; title: 6 British views on Irish national character, 1800-1846; title: Part II 1850-1914; title: 7 The demise of John Bull: social sciences in Britain,; title: 1850-1914; title: 8 Durkheim's collective representations and their background; title: 9 Socializing public spirit, 1870-1914; title: Conclusion; title: Index.