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Overview"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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pierre Nora , Lawrence Kritzman , Arthur Goldhammer , Arthur GoldhammerPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 1.219kg ISBN: 9780231106344ISBN 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 We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsThis 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 Author InformationPierre 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |