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À la Mod
Summersdale Publishers Ltd. 2013; US$ 9.99Comedian, mod and professional grump Ian Moore has had enough.Tired of being unable to park anywhere near his cramped house in a noisy town he doesnt like, he hatches a plan to move his wife and young son to a remote corner of the Loire Valley in search of serenity and space.Several years later, Ian finds himself up to his neck in bilingual offspring,... more...
Africa and France
Indiana University Press 2013; US$ 23.99Africa and France reveals how increased control over immigration has changed cultural and social production, especially in theatre, literature, film, and even museum construction. A hated of foreigners, accompanied by new forms of intolerance and racism, has crept from policy into popular expressions of ideas about the postcolony and ethnic minorities.... more...
Algeria in France
Indiana University Press 2004; US$ 20.35Algerian migration to France began at the end of the 19th century, but in recent years France's Algerian community has been the focus of a shifting public debate encompassing issues of unemployment, multiculturalism, Islam, and terrorism. In this finely crafted historical and anthropological study, Paul... more...
The Americanization of France
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2013; US$ 64.99This engaging, knowledgeable book traces the American path France has followed since resolving its searing Algerian conflict in 1962. Barnett Singer convincingly demolishes two pervasive clichés about modern France: first, that the country has never been fit to fight wars, including wars on terror; and second, that the French have always been and... more...
Aspects of Contemporary France
Taylor and Francis 1997; US$ 42.95France is defined by claims of uniqueness made by or about the French. Aspects of Contemporary France illuminates the contemporary economic, cultural, political and social climate of France. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this book explains the historical background to controversial issues. It also traces France's road to nationhood through... 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...
The Battle of Spicheren
Helion & Company 2009; US$ 25.00This account, penned by a noted British military historian of the late nineteenth century, remains one of the nest narratives of a nineteenth century battle yet published. Henderson based this detailed and considered account of one of the opening battles of the Franco-Prussian War upon not only General Staff works and other official sources, but also... more...
Becoming Roman
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 38.00Studies the 'Romanization' of Rome's Gallic provinces in the late Republic and early empire. more...
Birth and Death in Nineteenth-Century French Culture
Editions Rodopi 2007; US$ 72.80This volume draws contributors from around the globe who represent the full range of approaches to scholarship in nineteenth-century French studies: historical, literary, cultural, art historical, philosophical, and comparative. The theme of the volume Birth and Death is one with particular resonance for nineteenth-century French studies,... more...
Black France
Indiana University Press 2006; US$ 22.35"[W]ithout a doubt one of the most important studies so far completed on literature in French grounded in the experiences of migrants of sub-Saharan African origin." -- Alec Hargreaves, Florida State University France has always hosted a rich and vibrant black presence within its borders.... more...









