Saint-Simonians in nineteenth-century France : from free love to Algeria /
The Saint-Simonians were a group of young engineers and doctors who proposed original solutions to the social and banking crises of the early nineteenth century. They were unique in the 1820s in attracting women, including workers, into their movement and attempting to change the world through love,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014
Basingstoke : 2014 Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : 2014 |
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| Summary: | The Saint-Simonians were a group of young engineers and doctors who proposed original solutions to the social and banking crises of the early nineteenth century. They were unique in the 1820s in attracting women, including workers, into their movement and attempting to change the world through love, including the sexual 'liberation' of women. Some metamorphosed from idealistic reformers to create the first socialist groups in France, while others spearheaded bank reform, railway building and urban transformation in the 1850s. They took the lead in the colonisation of Algeria, in popular journalism, business and in organising international exhibitions. They planned the most notable engineering project of the time, the Suez Canal, and a project that took over a century more to be completed, the Channel tunnel. Through an examination of the lives, ideals and activities of these men and women, Pilbeam analyses the influence of the Saint-Simonians on nineteenth-century French society. Book jacket Saint-Simonians were a group of young engineers and doctors who proposed original solutions to the social and banking crises of the early 19th century. They were unique in the 1820s in attracting women, including workers, into their movement, and attempting to change the world through love, including the sexual 'liberation' of women. Through an examination of the lives, ideals and activities of these men and women, Pilbeam analyses the influence of the Saint-Simonians on 19th-century French society |
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| Physical Description: | 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm ix, 241pages ; illustrations, maps ; 23 cm x, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm x, 241 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm x, 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm x, 241 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-238) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0230574734 (cloth) 0230574734 9780230574731 (cloth) 9780230574731 (hbk.) 9780230574731 |