Realms of Memory: The Construction of the French Past, Volume 2 - Traditions

Author:   Pierre Nora ,  Lawrence Kritzman ,  Arthur Goldhammer ,  Arthur Goldhammer
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
ISBN:  

9780231106344


Pages:   643
Publication Date:   01 September 1997
Format:   Hardback
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"This text is the second of three volumes looking at the history of France. This volume examines how and why events and figures become part of a people's collective memory. It emphasizes the shared aspects of French history and cultural instrumental in the development of a national identity. It includes 14 essays on subjects ranging from Proust's ""Remembrance of Things Past"" to the Tour de France."

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Author:   Pierre Nora ,  Lawrence Kritzman ,  Arthur Goldhammer ,  Arthur Goldhammer
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.219kg
ISBN:  

9780231106344


ISBN 10:   0231106343
Pages:   643
Publication Date:   01 September 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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This is an indispensable guide to understanding France and the French. As usual, Arthur Goldhammer's translation is superb. -- Foreign Affairs This unusual book deals fascinatingly with everything from the creation of the rousing anthem La Marseillaise to the changing role of Joan of Arc in France's collective memory. Even the Eiffel Tower shines forth in surprising new facets. -- Chicago Tribune Provides arresting genealogies of a number of the major cleavages in French history, with chapters on the embattled relationship of Jews to the French republic, the peculiar affinities of Gaulism and Communism, and... Paris' haughty condescension toward la province... Without resorting to polemics, the volume reminds us that the image of the French past is confected as much out of amnesia as out of memory. -- Lingua Franca A magisterial attempt to define what it is to be French. -- Times Literary Supplement A magnificent achievement... [The essays included] are the high-carat jewels of the project. -- The New Republic


This is an indispensable guide to understanding France and the French. As usual, Arthur Goldhammer's translation is superb. Foreign Affairs This unusual book deals fascinatingly with everything from the creation of the rousing anthem La Marseillaise to the changing role of Joan of Arc in France's collective memory. Even the Eiffel Tower shines forth in surprising new facets. Chicago Tribune Provides arresting genealogies of a number of the major cleavages in French history, with chapters on the embattled relationship of Jews to the French republic, the peculiar affinities of Gaulism and Communism, and... Paris' haughty condescension toward la province... Without resorting to polemics, the volume reminds us that the image of the French past is confected as much out of amnesia as out of memory. Lingua Franca A magisterial attempt to define what it is to be French. Times Literary Supplement A magnificent achievement... [The essays included] are the high-carat jewels of the project. The New Republic


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Pierre Nora is Editorial Director of Editions Gallimand. He is editor of the journal Le Debat and is Directeur D'Etudes at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.

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