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Masculinity and Male Codes of Honor in Modern France
by Robert A Nye  Publisher Comments In this study of upper-class masculinity from the end of the "ancien ré gime" in 1789 to the end of World War I, Robert Nye argues that manhood, masculinity, and male sexuality is, like femininity, a cultural construct, comprising a strict set...
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Harvard Historical Studies #154: Le Modle Politique Franais: Le Socit Contre Le Jacobinisme de 1789 Nos Jours
by Pierre Rosanvallon Publisher Comments republicanism and offers an innovative analysis of why the French system has worked despite Jacobinism....
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France 1815-2003: Modern History for Modern Languages
by Martin Evans Publisher Comments Written in an accessible style and assuming no prior knowledge, the books in this series address the specific needs of students in language courses. France 1815-2003 focuses on the main events in French political history, including major socio-economic...
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The Politics of Survival: Artisans in Twentieth-Century France
by Steven M. Zdatny Publisher Comments The problem of the general political inclinations of the petite bourgeoisie, and especially its relationship to fascism, is one of the major questions currently facing historians dealing with European society in the past one hundred years. Independent...
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Guillotine: The Timbers of Justice
by Robert Opie Publisher Comments This is a gruesomely interesting tale, rich in detail and teeming with extraordinary personalities. It is a very human history, recounting some of the most diabolical uses of human inventiveness, and also some of the most touching pleas for mercy....
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Work and Revolution in France: The Language of Labor from the Old Regime to 1848
by William Hami Sewell Publisher Comments Work and Revolution in France is particularly appropriate for students of French history interested in the crucial revolutions that took place in 1789, 1830, and 1848. Sewell has reconstructed the artisans’world from the corporate communities of...
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Coercion, Conversion and Counterinsurgency in Louis Xivs France (History of Warfare)
by Roy L Mccullough Publisher Comments This is a study of the domestic application of armed coercion during the reign of Louis XIV. Relying heavily on archival sources, this study demonstrates that the coercive inclination of Louis XIV and the coercive potential of the Sun King's army have...
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Singing Our Way to Victory (Music Culture)
by Regina M Sweeney Publisher Comments The practice of singing and songwriting in France during the Great War provides an intriguing tool for the exploration of the French cultural politics of the epoch. Responding to the dearth of cultural studies of the First World War, Regina Sweeney's...
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Austerlitz 1805: The Fate of Empires (Praeger Illustrated Military History Series,)
by Ian Castle Publisher Comments The Battle of Austerlitz is, after Waterloo, probably the most famous land battle of the Napoleonic Wars. It was the first campaign which Napoleon waged as Emperor of France and the first great test for his Grande Armee after years of preparation in the '...
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Inside Wellington's Peninsular Army: 1808 - 1814
by Rory Muir Et Al Publisher Comments The British army reached the apogee of its success in the war against Napoleon, and in particular in the famous campaigns in the Peninsula, while under Wellingtons command. Yet many aspects of how it achieved its victories have been ignored or taken for...
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Memoirs of the Comtesse De Boigne Volume 1
by Comtesse De Boigne Publisher Comments "We must rejoice at the publication of these memoirs. . . . Providing portraits and some unforgettable scenes with a keen sense of detail, Mme de Boigne's memoirs were greatly admired by Marcel Proust."-Victor...
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The Battle for the publique D<'e>mocratique Et Sociale/> in the Narbonnais, 1830-1875.
by Christopher E Guthrie Book News Annotation In this study, Guthrie (history, Tarleton State U.) examines the development of political behavior among residents of the Narbonnais region of France in the 19th century. The focus is on the experiences and ideals that helped form the political agenda...
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Francois Mitterrand: A Political Biography
by David Scott Bell Publisher Comments Frangois Mitterrand was one of the giants of post-war French politics - a master tactician whose political career spanned more than four decades from wartime occupation to decolonization, the Cold War to European integration. As President, elected twice,...
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Shifting Frontiers of France and Francophonie.
by Yvette Rocheron And Christopher Rolfe Publisher Comments This volume presents a selection of essays in English and French initially delivered at the interdisciplinary conference of the Association of Modern and Contemporary France held in Leicester in September 2000. Frontiers are defined broadly in terms of...
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Bussaco 1810: Wellington Defeats Napoleon's Marshals (Praeger Illustrated Military History Series,)
by Rene Chartrand Publisher Comments Despite having repulsed French attacks at Talavera in July 1809, by 1810 Viscount Wellington had been forced onto the defensive. Napoleon was not about to give up and ordered a third massive invasion of Portugal. Wellington now faced by 80,000 men of the...
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La Belle France: A Short History
by Alistair Horne Publisher Comments La Belle France is a sweeping, grand narrative written with all the verve, erudition and vividness that are the hallmarks of the acclaimed British historian Alistair Horne. It recounts the hugely absorbing story of the country that has contributed to the...
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Testimony: France, Europe, and the World in the Twenty-First Century
by Nicolas. Trans. By Philip H. Gordon Sarkozy Publisher Comments In an important book from the newly elected president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy sets forth his personal vision of France's role in world affairs and his plans for modernizing the country and equipping it for the twenty-first century. Testimony begins...
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Autonauts of the Cosmoroute
by Julio And Carol Dunlop. Trans. By Anne Mclean Cort<'a>zar Publisher Comments "Anyone who doesn't read Cortazar is doomed."--Pablo Neruda Autonauts of the Cosmoroute is a love story, an irreverent travelogue of elaborate tales and snapshots detailing Julio Cortazar and Carol Dunlop's thirty-three-day voyage on the Paris...
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Orleans 1429: France Turns the Tide (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
by David Nicolle Publisher Comments In 1415 King Henry V of England invaded France and won an overwhelming victory at the Battle of Agincourt. Following his victory, the English conquered a large part of northern France, and by 1429 were besieging the city of Orleans. In this darkest hour,...
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The French Secret Services: From the Dreyfus Affair to the Gulf War
by Douglas Porch Book News Annotation A scholarly but highly readable account of France's intelligence networks, from the "black chambers" of the ancien regime and Napoleon to the formation of the SDECE (CIA) and the DST (FBI). The events chronicled range from the Dreyfus Affair, to WWI...
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