Written with the undergraduate student's needs in mind, this book offers an ideal introduction to nineteenth-century France, the "century of revolutions." Sharif Gemie discusses both major and minor revolutions which altered the course of French history. Moving away from a Paris-centric view of the country, this book examines developments which unfolded across France, including studies of rural socialism in Mediterranean France and peasant monarchism in the West. Each chapter includes a selection of relevant contemporary documents in translation and a comprehensive guide to further reading.