THE PAST IN FRENCH HISTORY by Robert Gildea ( 9780300067118 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE PAST IN FRENCH HISTORY

By:

Robert Gildea

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0300067119

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9780300067118

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Publisher:

YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

4 March, 1996

Pages:

436

Description:

This text considers the nature of French history and the awareness of its influence, surveying the ways that various political communities in France during the past two centuries have used different versions of the past in order to define their identities and legitimize their goals.

Synopsis:

This fascinating book offers a new perspective on French history and political culture by examining how the commemoration of the past pervades French public life. The book surveys the ways that various political communities in France during the past two centuries-proponents of revolution and counterrevolution, church and state, centralism and regionalism, and national identity and nationalism-have used different versions of the past in order to define their identities and legitimate their goals."Never before have the competing constructions of the past been examined in a single volume with such erudition and panache. . . . Gildea deals with his subject theoretically, but he intertwines his themes with dexterity and originality."-Douglas Johnson, Times Literary Supplement

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