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Third Republic in France 1870-1940by William Fortescue
Routledge 2000; US$ 40.95An essential introduction to the major political problems, debates and conflicts which are central to the history of the Third Republic in France from 1870 to 1940. more...
Popular Culture in Modern Franceby Brian Rigby
Routledge 1991; US$ 157.00Traces the changes in French notions of popular culture from 1936 to the present. `Culture' remains a fiercely contested term and Rigby examines the solutions offered by theorists such as Barthes, Baudrillard and Bourdieu. more...
Aspects of Contemporary Franceby Sheila Perry
Routledge 1997; US$ 40.95This is a thematic introduction to contemporary French culture and society. Providing in-depth and original chapters on specific contemporary issues, it is ideal for those taking courses or options in French Studies. more...
Nationhood and Nationalism in Franceby Robert Tombs
Routledge 1991; US$ 136.00Leading international historians examine the impact of nationhood and nationalism on French life. World-renowned contributors (many publishing for the first time in English), include Eugene Weber, Zeev Sternill, Pierre Sorlin and Jean-Claude Allain. more...
Medieval Franceby William W. Kibler; Grover A. Zinn; John Jr. Bell Henneman; Lawrence Earp
Routledge 1995; US$ 310.00This information filled Encyclopedia of over 2400 entries covers the political, intellectual. Literary, and musical history of the country from the early fifth century to the late fifteenth. more...
French Experience from Republic to Monarchy, 1792-1824by Dr Má Cross; ire; Prof David Williams
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2000; US$ 116.00Fourteen wide-ranging chapters by distinguished international scholars treat key aspects of the rapidly changing political and cultural scene in France from the First Republic, through the Consulate and Empire to the death of Louis XVIII in 1824. Falling into two interlinked parts, this collection of original essays explores new developments as well as continuities characterising the transition between the eighteenth century and the nineteenth. It includes chapters on feminism, politics and theatre, elections and plebiscites, revolution and counter-revolution, patronage, universities and education, medicine, music and science. more...
Reading the French Enlightenmentby Julie Candler Hayes; Michael Sheringham
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 40.00Julie Candler Hayes surveys the past fifty years of philosophical reflection on the Enlightenment, and takes issue both with traditional liberal and with contemporary critical accounts. Through close analysis of philosophical, scientific, and literary texts, she emphasizes the urgency of maintaining a dialogue between past and present, Enlightenment and modernity. more...
The classical heritage in Franceby G. Sandy
BRILL 2002; US$ 144.00A study of the reception of Greek and Latin culture in France in the 16th and 17th centuries. There are surveys on topics as diverse as the role of French travellers to classical lands in transforming perceptible reality into narrative textuality, and the influence of ancient law in France. more...
Intellectuals and Politics in Post-war Franceby David Drake
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2001; US$ 130.00What did French intellectuals have to say about Gaullism, the Cold War colonialism, the women's movement, and the events of May '68? In this study David Drake examines the political commitment of intellectuals in France from Sartre and Camus to Bernard Henri Levy and Bourdieu. more...
The Cultural and Intellectuial Rebuilding of France after the Second World Warby Michael Kelly
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2004; US$ 100.00This book reveals how France reinvented itself in the aftermath of World War Two. After foreign military interventions, the French political and intellectual elites embraced regime change and launched an urgent programme of nation building. They rebuilt French national identity with whatever material was available, and created a vibrant new cultural and intellectual life. The cost to subordinated groups, however, especially women, still casts a long shadow over French values and attitudes. In this, perhaps, there are lessons and implications for other countries, struggling to rebuild themselves after conflict. more...









