A presentation for the Twin Cities "Let's Nerd Out" event on Jan. 10, 2017, about how democracy emerged in 1870s France despite the odds being stacked against it.
3. The people are revolting
France’s governments,
1771-1871
o Absolute monarchy
o Constitutional monarchy
o Republic
o Republican dictatorship
o Empire
o Conservative monarchy
o Empire
o Conservative monarchy
o Liberal monarchy
o Republic
o Empire
14. To learn more
In essay form: dhmontgomery.com/2015/03/the-
accidental-republic
Books:
Frederick Brown, For the Soul of France: Culture Wars
in the Age of Dreyfus (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010)
René Rémond, The Right Wing in France: From 1815 to
De Gaulle, trans. James M. Laux (Philadelphia:
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1969)
Mike Rapport, 1848: Year of Revolution (New York:
Basic Books, 2009)
Graphs made with R & ggplot using Wikipedia data