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Bureaucrats and Bourgeois Society

Office Politics and Individual Credit in France 1789-1848

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Authors:
  1. Ralph Kingston

    1. Department of History, Auburn University, USA

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Part of the book series: War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850 (WCS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: 20,000 Fools

    1. Introduction: 20,000 Fools

      • Ralph Kingston
      Pages 1-8

  3. Office Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. A Revolution in Administration

      • Ralph Kingston
      Pages 11-30

    3. Revolutionary Time and Space

      • Ralph Kingston
      Pages 31-51

    4. Telling Tales

      • Ralph Kingston
      Pages 52-72

  4. Bureaucrats in Bourgeois Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Civil Servant, Civil Society

      • Ralph Kingston
      Pages 75-93

    3. Surrogate Fathers, Suitable Sons

      • Ralph Kingston
      Pages 94-113

    4. The Social Politics of Bureaucracy

      • Ralph Kingston
      Pages 114-140

    5. Coda and Conclusion

      • Ralph Kingston
      Pages 141-154

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 155-237
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About this book

Between 1789 and 1848, clerks modified their occupational practices, responding to political scrutiny and state-administration reforms. Ralph Kingston examines the lives and influence of bureaucrats inside and outside the office as they helped define nineteenth-century bourgeois social capital, ideals of emulation, honour, and masculinity.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, Auburn University, USA

    Ralph Kingston

About the author

RALPH KINGSTON is an assistant professor of History at Auburn University, USA. He previously held positions at Trinity College Dublin, and as a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at University College London. His article, The Bricks and Mortar of Revolutionary Administration, published in French History, was awarded the SEASECS Percy V. Adams prize.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bureaucrats and Bourgeois Society

  • Book Subtitle: Office Politics and Individual Credit in France 1789-1848

  • Authors: Ralph Kingston

  • Series Title: War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137264923

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-30431-4Published: 19 October 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-33851-1Published: 01 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-26492-3Published: 19 October 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2634-6699

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-6702

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 237

  • Topics: History of France, European History, Modern History, Social History

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