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Napoleon : conquest, reform, reorganisation / Clive Emsley.
- Title
- Napoleon : conquest, reform, reorganisation / Clive Emsley.
- Author
- Emsley, Clive.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.
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| Text | Request in advance | DC201 .E47 2015 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxvii, 145 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Almost two centuries after the death of Napoleon, historians continue to argue about his aims, his achievements and his legacy. This book provides an introduction to the life and career of Napoleon as well as the historical debates surrounding him. In this updated new edition, Clive Emsley broadens his study to include the debate on the cultural and social impact of the Napoleonic era"--
- Series Statement
- Seminar studies
- Uniform Title
- Seminar studies in history
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Originally published: Harlow, England : Pearson/Longman, 2003.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- PART 1. INTRODUCTION -- My history is made up of facts, and words alone cannot destroy them -- PART 2. NARRATIVE -- The career and the man -- Making a name -- Mastering France -- Mastering Europe -- Losing Europe -- Losing France -- Mastering history -- Understanding the man -- Reorganising France -- Foundations -- Finances and the economy -- Centralisation and surveillance -- The Code Napoleon -- Church and school -- Dissent and disorder -- Reorganising Europe -- The scope of the empire -- Imperial administration -- Support -- Internal opposition -- External opposition -- PART 3. ASSESSMENT -- Results and meanings -- Legacy -- Assessment -- PART 4. DOCUMENTS.
- ISBN
- 9781138776999 (hardback : alkaline paper)
- 1138776998 (hardback : alkaline paper)
- 9781138777026 (paperback : alkaline paper)
- 1138777021 (paperback : alkaline paper)
- 9781315749815 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2014014881
- 40024466918
- OCLC
- 906191175
- 881029433
- SCSB-12300417
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library