The Myth of the French Bourgeoisie

by Sarah Maza

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Sarah Maza argues that the French bourgeois of history never in fact existed, except as a critical counter-norm to French society, an imagined and threatening embodiment of materialism, self-interest, commercialism and mass culture, which defined all that France rejected.

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Sarah Maza is professor of history and the Jane Long Professor in the Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University.

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The Myth of the French Bourgeoisie

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Nonfiction, History, Sociology
DDC/MDS
305.5Social sciencesSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologyGroups of peoplePeople by social and economic levels
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HT690 .F8 .M39Social sciencesCommunities. Classes. RacesCommunities. Classes. RacesClassesClasses arising from occupation
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