books.google.com - In this volume, a distinguished collection of historians and political scientists reflect on France's evolution as a political community from the nineteenth century to the present. France is often seen as a 'Jacobin' polity, committed to the principles of national unity and state centralization, a robust...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Jacobin_Legacy_in_Modern_France.html?id=rCfPBj-7g2IC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Jacobin Legacy in Modern France