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The Presidents of the French Fifth Republic
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 85.00In the French Republic political leadership is normally provided by the presidency, albeit from a very narrow constitutional base. This volume examines the strengths and weaknesses of that leadership as well as the way that executive power has been established in the republican context. more...
France's New Deal
Princeton University Press 2012; US$ 29.95France's New Deal is an in-depth and important look at the remaking of the French state after World War II, a time when the nation was endowed with brand-new institutions for managing its economy and culture. Yet, as Philip Nord reveals, the significant process of state rebuilding did not begin at the Liberation. Rather, it got started earlier,... more...
Kollaboration des Geistes.
Duncker & Humblot 2012; US$ 75.48Hauptbeschreibung Deutsche und französische Rechtsintellektuelle einte nach 1933 - bei allen Unterschieden - die Kritik an der Demokratie Frankreichs. Denker der intellektuellen Kollaboration sind zwischen eigenen autoritären Ansätzen und der Vorbereitung der Niederlage von 1940 im Sinne der Nationalsozialisten anzusiedeln. Sebastian Liebold analysiert... more...
The Veneto, Italy
Wiley 2012; US$ 5.99The information you need and nothing you don't Frommer's Shortcuts give you exactly what you need for your trip, no matter where you're going. In these e-books, you'll get the same expert advice that you'll find in all Frommer's guides, from candid reviews and detailed maps to insider tips from our local authors. Plus, we've added planning and background... more...
From victory to Vichy
Manchester University Press 2012; US$ 95.00The most up-to-date and comprehensive English-language study of its kind, From victory to Vichy explores the political mobilisation of the two largest French veterans associations during the interwar years, the Union fédérale (UF) and the Union nationale des combattants (UNC). Drawing on extensive research into the associations... more...
National Regeneration in Vichy France
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 124.95This is the first study of the National Revolution as the expression of Vichy's ideology and aims. It reveals the variety and complexity of both right wing and other strands of French thought in the context of the turbulent years of the 1930s when Vichy's history really begins, and under the Occupation, when internal rivalries and divisions,... more...
Marianne In Chains
Pan Macmillan 2011; US$ 8.95For the last fifty years, the German Occupation of France has been regarded as a period characterised by four things: cold, hunger, the absence of freedom and above all fear; a time when the indigenous population was cruelly and consistently oppressed by the army of occupation. The people of France were either bold members of the Resistance or craven... more...
Performative Geschichtsschreibung
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 126.00This study shows for the first time how performative historical writing emerged as a historical necessity in the German-speaking world of the late 18th century. In the long term this development paved the way for modern historiographic narrative. It discusses texts that use representational strategies to express the essentials of the course of history.... more...
De Gaulle
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 22.99Charles de Gaulle once stated, ?France has no friends, only interests,? and it was this strength of mind and love of country that took the region from an occupied territory during World War II to a leader in the Allied cause. Convinced that his personal destiny and that of his beloved country were intertwined, de Gaulle's life?s work was dedicated... more...
Memories of May '68
University of Wales Press 2011; US$ 30.00For over forty years now, 1968 in France has been the focus of much attention. While mai 68 is certainly seen as a watershed in the development of French society, a common narrative that portrays it in an increasingly reductive light has become prevalent. As a result, the French collective memory of 1968 has been shaped and cultivated in such a way... more...









