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Mazarinby Geoffrey Treasure
Routledge 1995; US$ 45.95'A superbly written and engrossing study of one of the major political leaders of 17th-century Europe. Treasure gives the reader a vivid picture of the times of Mazarin, as well as an insight into his life.' A. Lloyd Moote, USC more...
Nationhood and Nationalism in Franceby Robert Tombs
Routledge 1991; US$ 133.00Leading 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...
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...
France, 1814-1940by J.P.T. Bury
Routledge 2003; US$ 32.95This famous work has a long-established reputation as a clear, accessible and authoratative account of this fascinating period. more...
France and 1848by William Fortescue
Routledge 2005; US$ 36.951848 was a year of revolution throughout Europe. Examining the economic, social and political crises, France in Revolution evaluates the political history of France during the revolution of 1848 and the French political culture of the more...
Medieval Franceby William W. Kibler; Grover A. Zinn; John Jr. Bell Henneman; Lawrence Earp
Routledge 1995; US$ 295.00This 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...
The French Second Empireby Roger Price; Peter Baldwin; Christopher Clark; James B. Collins; Lyndal Roper; Mia RodrĄguez-Salgado
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 50.00This is the most thoroughly researched book on Napoleon III's Second Empire in any language. It makes a vital contribution to the quarter-century of French history following the 1848 revolution, which saw major developments in the 'modernisation' of the French state and in its relationships with its citizens. 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...
Politics and Theaterby Sheryl Kroen
University of California Press 2000; US$ 15.95Moliere's anticlerical comedy Tartuffe is the unique prism through which Sheryl Kroen views postrevolutionary France in the years of the Restoration. Following the lead of the French men and women who turned to this play in the 1820s to make sense of their world, Kroen exposes the crisis of legitimacy defining the regime in these years and demonstrates how the people of the time made steps toward a democratic resolution to this crisis. more...