Description: French regionalism has often been associated with the political right. Julian Wright's fresh analysis of regionalist political thought overturns that assumption. Jean Charles-Brun, a teacher and journalist whose eclectic connections have often puzzled historians, takes center stage. Through this intellectual biography, Wright unpacks regionalism's broad appeal and helps to explain the important role it plays in modern French politics.
Review Quotes: "[T]his is a well-researched and generally well-written survey of a neglected political and social thinker, and it should be useful to scholars of political theory, regionalism, and political Catholicism in Third Republic France."--American Historical Review