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French Historians and Romanticism
Taylor and Francis 1993; US$ 160.00The French Revolution had a profound influence on perceptions of the past as well as setting the agenda for modern political culture. This book examines the ways in which the past was rediscovered, retrieved and represented in post-revolutionary France, concentrating upon the Restoration and the July Monarchy, the period which witnessed the promotion... more...
French Foreign and Defence Policy, 1918-1940
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 161.00French Foreign and Defence Policy, 1918-1940 outlines France's strategies for protection and appeasement during this period and places interwar relations in a larger European context. This book examines: * relationships with key countries such as Italy and Russia * the significance of interwar France to 20th Century European integration * the... more...
Children, Welfare and the State
SAGE Publications 2002; US$ 48.95This interdisciplinary text provides an accessible introduction to childhood studies. The text reviews and critiques contemporary theories of childhood, and gives a clear introduction to key areas of child-related policies. more...
The Uncertain Foundation
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 120.00France's liberation was expected to trigger a decisive break both with the Vichy régime and with the pre-war Third Republic. What happened was an untidy patchwork of unplanned continuities and false starts. This volume analyses the complex process of regime change, economic renewal, social transformation, and adjustment to a fast-evolving world. more...
May '68 and Its Afterlives
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 25.00During May 1968, students and workers in France united in the biggest strike and the largest mass movement in French history. Protesting capitalism, American imperialism, and Gaullism, 9 million people from all walks of life, from shipbuilders to department store clerks, stopped working. The nation was paralyzed—no sector of the workplace was... more...
The Dreyfus Affair
ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 73.00On October 15, 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery captain attached to the French General Staff, was arrested on charges of having betrayed his country by selling military secrets to the Germans. He was convicted of treason by military court-martial and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island, but over the next 12 years a small group... more...
Unequal Partners
ABC-CLIO 2001; US$ 27.95The reconciliation of France and Germany is a landmark in the history of the 20th century. Between 1870 and 1950, they fought three wars. Then, as founders of the European Community they became linked by increasingly close economic, political, and cultural ties. Friend asserts that it is no exaggeration to say that the French-German relationship has... more...
Republican Identities in War and Peace
Bloomsbury Publishing 2002; US$ 109.95Presents a collection of articles by Antoine Prost. This book covers: an account of war memorials; the troubled history of commemorating the Algerian war; republican representations of war and peace; and, discourse and social conflict in republican France. It offers an understanding of the history of nineteenth and twentieth century France. Please... more...
Contemporary France
Taylor & Francis Ltd 2003; US$ 35.00Contemporary France provides an introduction to French society and institutions with a particular focus on political issues. It covers all the basic information, concepts and facts, while giving students a fundamental understanding of political analysis at the same time. more...
Memory of War in France, 1914-45
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 85.00Memory of War in France examines France in the era of world war through the unconventional eyes of the veteran, activist and novelist, César Fauxbras. It encompasses the French navy at war, the naval mutinies of 1919, the experience of unemployment, interwar pacifism, French defeat in 1940 and Paris under the heel of German occupation. more...









