Amateur Musical Societies and Sports Clubs in Provincial France, 1848-1914: Harmony and Hostility (1st ed. 2017)
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- Synopsis
- This book explores leisure-related voluntary associations in France during the nineteenth century as practical expressions of the Revolutionary concept of fraternité. Using a mass of unpublished sources in provincial and national archives, it analyses the history, geography and cultural significance of amateur musical societies and sports clubs in eleven départements of France between 1848 and 1914. It demonstrates that, although these voluntary associations drew upon and extended the traditional concept of cooperation and community, and the Revolutionary concept of fraternity, they also incorporated the fundamental characteristics of competition and conflict. Although intended to produce social harmony, in practice they reflected the ideological hostilities and cultural tensions that permeated French society in the nineteenth century.
- Copyright:
- 2017
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9783319579931
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783319579924
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 07/20/22
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- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Sports, Social Studies, Sociology
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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