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Napoleon Bonaparte: From Corsican Origins to French Emperor

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This lecture examines Napoleon through his Corsican origins, adoption of French identity, relationship to the French Revolution, possible connection to total war, and lasting contributions to the French state.

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- Chapter 1. Popular Histories of Napoleon .
- Chapter 2. Napoleon, the Corsican .
- Chapter 3. The Transference of National Allegiances: Becoming French with the Revolution .
- Chapter 4. Looking for the Origins of Total War .
- Chapter 5. Napoleon's Lasting Contributions to the French State: Centralization, Service Nobility and the Concordat.

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    fascinating look into the life of Napoleon from an early age in Corsica , it very much created the man he was to become
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