Constitutional monarchy under Louis Philippe I of the House of Orléans, installed after the July Revolution of 1830 and styled the 'Citizen King'; a period of expanding industrialization and colonial expansion (Algeria) ended by the February Revolution of 1848.
Overthrown in the February Revolution of 1848; succeeded by the French Second Republic.
Monumental social/political history; useful for the run-up context even though its main span starts just after the July Monarchy ends.