Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Cult of the Modern in the Nineteenth Century

1. Imagining the Modern Community

2. State Modernization and the Making of Bonapartist Modernity

3. Civilizing and Nationalizing

4. The Crucible of Modern Society

5. Old Ends and New Means

6. Republican Government and Political Modernization

7. Toward the Trans-Mediterranean Republic

Conclusion: The Second Empire and the Politics of Modernity