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Course of French Historyby Pierre Goubert
Routledge 1991; US$ 41.95`Lively, well-written, satirical and profound.' - Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie This stimulating one-volume history traces the social and economic evolution of France as a nation from 987 to the present day. more...
Franceby John Girling
Routledge 1998; US$ 52.95Girling's seminal work addresses the most important issues in contemporary French life in a time of rapid globalisation and European integration, including the effect of foreign imports and traditional political values. more...
French Relations with the European Unionby Helen Drake
Routledge 2005; US$ 160.00This volume examines France's relations with, and responses to, the European Union and the potential for further integration. more...
Jean Moulin, 1899-1943by Dr Alan Clinton
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2001; US$ 165.00Jean Moulin is a universally recognized French hero, celebrated as the delegate of General de Gaulle to Nazi-occupied France in 1942-3 and founder of the National Resistance Council in May 1943. He is known for defiance of the German invaders in June 1940 and for his death in the hands of Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie in July 1943. This book is the fist fully documented account in English of his republican background, his resistance activities, and of his death and reputation. more...
The De Gaulle Presidency and the Mediaby Jean K. Chalaby
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2002; US$ 130.00This title explores the relationship between de Gaulle and the media during his presidency. The author examines de Gaulle's communications strategy and broadcasting policy, comparing his approach to public communications with that of past French leaders and contemporary American presidents. more...
The Fifth French Republicby Nicholas Atkin
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2004; US$ 105.00This is an up-to-date political history of the French Fifth Republic, a regime whose obituary has been written several times over, but which stubbornly refuses to die. more...
The Uncertain Foundationby A. Knapp
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2007; US$ 105.00France'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...
Jacques Chiracby Alan Allport
Infobase Publishing 2007; US$ 30.00For more than 40 years, Jacques Chirac has been at the center of French political life. He has served in every major office of the French state, from mayor of Paris and prime minister to the presidency, which he has held since 1995. This work examines the complex issues and questions surrounding Chirac and his policies. more...
CultureShock! Franceby Sally Adamson Taylor
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2008; US$ 11.17CultureShock! France peels away the layers of the French and their country to reveal the heart of the Gallic temperament. The book navigates through essential topics such as learning the French language, how best to work with the French, observing their body language and even how to choose wine in a restaurant. Glean practical advice on finding a home, getting the utilities running and putting the children into school. Find out more about the French, a complex people who maintain a cool composure on the outside yet are inwardly passionate about art, romance, cuisine and wine. Discover how easily the French recognise a foreigner just by the way their salad and pasta are eaten and learn how to avoid being the object of their criticism. CultureShock!... more...
After the Fallby Thomas J. Laub
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 98.00German policy in occupied France during the Second World War was in many ways a story of bitter internal conflict between the various German agencies in charge of the occupation. After the Fall provides a detailed analysis of the struggle between these different agencies, highlighting the significant differences in ideology, policy, and method between the army, the SS, and the diplomatic service, and the rivalries between them in their struggle for dominance. While the military government tried to exploit French industrial resources, the SS was focused more exclusively upon pursuing Nazi racial policies (often to the detriment of the wider military effort). In turn, the SS felt frustrated in the pursuit of their racial policies by a lack of... more...