TY - BOOK AU - Maza,Sarah C. TI - The Myth of the French Bourgeoisie: An Essay on the Social Imaginary, 1750-1850 SN - 9780674040724 AV - HT690.F8 ǂb M39 2003eb U1 - 305.5/5/0944 PY - 2022///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - HISTORY / Europe / France KW - bisacsh N1 - restricted access N2 - Who, exactly, were the French bourgeoisie? Unlike the Anglo-Americans, who widely embraced middle-class ideals and values, the French--even the most affluent and conservative--have always rejected and maligned bourgeois values and identity.In this new approach to the old question of the bourgeoisie, Sarah Maza focuses on the crucial period before, during, and after the French Revolution, and offers a provocative answer: the French bourgeoisie has never existed UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674040724?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674040724 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674040724/original ER -