Saint-Simonians in Nineteenth-Century France - by Pamela M Pilbeam (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Saint-Simonians were a group of young engineers and doctors who proposed original solutions to the social and banking crises of the early nineteenth century. Through an examination of the lives, ideals and activities of these men and women, the book analyses the influence of the Saint-Simonians on nineteenth-century French society.

Review Quotes

"This monograph is engagingly written, with a good eye for narrative detail, which should make this study accessible to a pretty wide audience. ... This is a well-written and interesting book, which will prove useful to students of nineteenth-century proto-socialism and utopian radicalism." (Ambrogio A. Caiani, History - Journal of the Historical Association, December, 2015)

About the Author

Pamela Pilbeam is Professor Emeritus of French History, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, and Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow, 2007-2009. She has published extensively on nineteenth-century European history, including Madame Tussaud and the History of Waxworks (2006, 2nd edition), and French Socialists before Marx: Workers, Women and the Social Question in France (2000).