For a History by Work

The books by Richard Thomson and Christophe Charle, and the multi-authored volume Le Miel et le fiel issue from clearly defined and separate disciplinary fields: art history, contemporary (cultural) history, and theatre studies. None of the three, to all appearances, attempts to go beyond the boundaries of its academic domain. Focusing on a brief period–the last decade of the 19th century–and a small geographical area–France–La République troublée looks at the reactive response of painting, a..