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Hexagonal Variations
Editions Rodopi 2011; US$ 94.00Hexagonal Variations provides an essential overview of key debates about contemporary French society and culture. Concise, challenging and comprehensive, its chapters each address the processes of change and redefinition that characterise France today. Contributors analyse and situate cinematic, literary, online and visual texts, mediatic, political... more...
Frankreichs engagierte Intellektuelle
Wallstein Verlag 2012; US$ 21.56Hauptbeschreibung In Frankreich haben seit Voltaire immer wieder charismatische Figuren kritisch in politisches Handeln eingegriffen. Zolas Intervention für den unschuldig verurteilten jüdischen Offizier Alfred Dreyfus entsprach insofern einer langen Tradition. Im Zuge der Dreyfus-Affäre identifizierten sich jedoch Hunderte von Wissenschaftlern und... more...
The Homeowner's Guide To Living In France
How To Books 2005; US$ 17.00Gives a background to France with chapters on France's natural beauty, French family life, the economy, politics and future developments, and how to buy a property. This book covers social topics such as day-to-day life (health, shopping), leisure activities, holidays, culture, education, employment, eating out, business dealings and bureaucracy. more...
Red Virgin
University of Alabama Press 2009; US$ 32.00Louise Michel was born illegitimate in 1830 and became a schoolmistress in Paris. She was involved in radical activities during the twilight of France’s Second Empire, and during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the siege of Paris. She was a leading member of the revolutionary groups controlling Montmarte. Michel emerged as one... more...
French Muslims
University of Wales Press 2010; US$ 85.00Provides a critical perspective on Muslim politics and experiences in contemporary France. Drawing from the work of four Muslim thinkers and activists, this title examines issues such as the veil, integration, the role of the school, the traditions of the French republic, and the legacy of the French empire. more...
Nationalism, Positivism and Catholicism
Cambridge University Press 1982; US$ 50.00This study of Maurrassian ideology and Catholic reactions to it explores a wide range of themes. more...
Au Contraire!
Nicholas Brealey Publishing 2010; US$ 29.95Written for anyone interested in or interacting with the French, the second edition of Au Contraire!: Figuring Out the French unearths the often-invisible cultural forces that govern behavior. Gilles Asselin and Ruth Mastron draw upon their own experiences as consultants and trainers, as well as that of expatriate students and professionals, to offer... more...
Hummingbirds Don't Fly In The Rain
PMA Press 2011; US$ 9.99On December 23, 2007, the plane carrying author Kim Klein?s only child, Talia, her ex-husband, and her daughter?s best friend crashed into the side of a volcano in Panama. Hummingbirds Don?t Fly in the Rain chronicles the seven-day, suspense-filled journey that begins the moment Klein receives the phone call announcing her daughter?s plane is missing.... more...
Integrating Islam
Brookings Institution Press 2007; US$ 24.95Nearly five million Muslims call France home, the vast majority from former French colonies in North Africa. While France has successfully integrated waves of immigrants in the past, this new influx poses a new variety of challengesmuch as it does in neighboring European countries. Alarmists view the growing role of Muslims in French society... more...
The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 141.00An essential introduction to the major political problems, debates and conflicts which are central to the history of the Third Republic in France, from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 to the fall of France in June 1940. It provides original sources, detailed commentary and helpful chronologies and bibliographies on topics including: * the emergence... more...









