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Conjoncture agraire à l’époque de Napoléon III
Agricultural Prosperity in the Era of Napoleon III

Author(s): Imre Papp
Subject(s): 19th Century
Published by: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Új-és Jelenkori Egyetemes Történeti Tanszék
Keywords: agriculture; Second Empire; Napoleon III; modern consumption; railway; customs policy; rural population

Summary/Abstract: The author presents the economic developpement of the period of Napoleon III. He focuses on the agriculture and he presents the changes of this branch of the French economy. First of all we know the situation of the French rural population. We know the developpement of the railway during the Second Empire. And the author presents the changes in the economy and in the agriculture in detail, backed up by statistics.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 33-46
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: French