Defeated flesh is a compelling study of the French defeat of 1870
and the socialist uprising of the Commune of Paris. By looking at
the history of the body and medicine, Taithe considers how the
French people mobilised for the war effort and how their ultimate
defeat had cultural and social consequences which led to the
fin-de-siecle spirit. Looking at the siege of Paris, the war
suffering and rationing in an exceptionally harsh period of French
history it revises the current debates on citizenship,
centralisation and modern warfare. The range of material and the
approach will cast a new light on the social aspirations behind the
first socialist uprising in the world and on the fears of national
decline so common in Western Europe before 1914. Drawing upon many
untouched sources, Taithe seeks to understand why 1870-71 became
such an important phase in the making of modern France. This
intriguing and highly original study will be of interest to all
readers of French history, European and French culture and
specialists of the history of war or medicine.
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