Boulangist agitation and the consequences of populism

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At the origins of populism: History of Boulangism (1886-1891) by Bertrand Joly, CNRS editions, 2022, 610 p. The Third Republic was born from the instantaneous collapse of the Second Empire following the bitter debacle of Napoleon III before the Prussians at Sedan (September 1870). Humiliated by the amputation of Alsace-Lorraine and belittled before a unified … Read more