Why France?

Why France?
Author :
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 251
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780801464812
ISBN-13 : 0801464811
Rating : 4/5 (811 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Why France? by : Laura Lee Downs

Download or read book Why France? written by Laura Lee Downs and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-11 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: France has long attracted the attention of many of America's most accomplished historians. The field of French history has been vastly influential in American thought, both within the academy and beyond, regardless of France's standing among U.S. political and cultural elites. Even though other countries, from Britain to China, may have had a greater impact on American history, none has exerted quite the same hold on the American historical imagination, particularly in the post-1945 era. To gain a fresh perspective on this passionate relationship, Laura Lee Downs and Stéphane Gerson commissioned a diverse array of historians to write autobiographical essays in which they explore their intellectual, political, and personal engagements with France and its past. In addition to the essays, Why France? includes a lengthy introduction by the editors and an afterword by one of France's most distinguished historians, Roger Chartier. Taken together, these essays provide a rich and thought-provoking portrait of France, the Franco-American relationship, and a half-century of American intellectual life, viewed through the lens of the best scholarship on France.


Why France? Related Books

Why France?
Language: en
Pages: 251
Authors: Laura Lee Downs
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-11 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

France has long attracted the attention of many of America's most accomplished historians. The field of French history has been vastly influential in American t
Why France?
Language: en
Pages: 251
Authors: Laura Lee Downs
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-11 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

France has long attracted the attention of many of America's most accomplished historians. The field of French history has been vastly influential in American t
Why France Fell
Language: en
Pages: 424
Authors: Guy Chapman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1969 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Why France Collapsed
Language: en
Pages: 392
Authors: Guy Chapman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-28 - Publisher: A&C Black

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The history of the conquest of Gaul, it has been said, would be far more obscure if twenty of Caesar's generals had written commentaries. In June 1940 the armie
France in the World
Language: en
Pages: 993
Authors: Patrick Boucheron
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-04-09 - Publisher: Other Press, LLC

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This dynamic collection presents a new way of writing national and global histories while developing our understanding of France in the world through short, pro