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"A fresh, radical history of France and its place in the world that offers short, accessible articles on topics ranging from the Chauvet Cave all the way to the events of 2015. Bringing together an impressive group of established and up-and-coming historians, this bestselling history conceives of France not as a fixed, rooted entity, but instead as a place and an idea in flux, moving beyond all borders and frontiers, shaped by exchanges and mixtures. Presented in chronological order from 34,000 BC to 2015, each chapter covers a significant year from its own particular angle--the marriage of a Viking leader to a Carolingian princess proposed by Charles the Fat in 882, the Persian embassy's reception at the court of Louis XIV in 1715, the Chilean coup d'état against President Salvador Allende in 1973 that mobilized a generation of French left-wing activists. France in the World combines the intellectual rigor of an academic work with the liveliness and readability of popular history. With a brand-new preface aimed at an international audience, this English-language edition will be an essential resource for Francophiles and scholars alike."… (meer)
160 short pieces on French history, together they form a doorstopper of more than 1.000 pages. Of course, I've not read them all, I estimate about a 5th of them, spread throughout the book. I'm sure I'm regularly going to return to this book to read other pieces. In global, they offer a nice overview of French history, but - to my surprise - rather traditionally sticking to the classic highlights (Alesia, Clovis, Charles the Great, the War against the British, etc). There sure is a revisionistic tendency in this book (going against the tide of the hyper-nationalistic identity-crave), but not really a 'global history'. Still, worth reading. Ratingn 2.5 stars. A more in depth-review in my History account on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3978020656( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Franse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Franse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Ouverture Par PATRICK BOUCHERON
Introduire une histoire de France, vraiment ? On aimerait pouvoir passer outre, en plongeant directement dans le grand bain des récits rassemblés. [...]
AUX PRÉMICES D’UN BOUT DU MONDE
Ouvrir une Histoire mondiale de la France par l’horizon insaisissable des sociétés préhistoriques est un pari improbable et, pour tout dire, risqué. [...]
34 000 AVANT J.-C. Inventer le monde dans les entrailles de la Terre
Hier comme aujourd’hui, les visiteurs de la grotte Chauvet sont des hommes « de Cro-Magnon ». Près de 40 000 ans après son attestation, cet art s’offre-t-il pour autant comme une mémoire universelle ? Le chemin parcouru par cet Homo sapiens résolument moderne consacre la profondeur indicible de ses origines et le métissage irréductible de ses identités.
C’était il y a 36 000 ans, au début du printemps. Ils marchent en direction de la grotte, lui, le plus jeune garçon, suivant leurs pas. []...
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"A fresh, radical history of France and its place in the world that offers short, accessible articles on topics ranging from the Chauvet Cave all the way to the events of 2015. Bringing together an impressive group of established and up-and-coming historians, this bestselling history conceives of France not as a fixed, rooted entity, but instead as a place and an idea in flux, moving beyond all borders and frontiers, shaped by exchanges and mixtures. Presented in chronological order from 34,000 BC to 2015, each chapter covers a significant year from its own particular angle--the marriage of a Viking leader to a Carolingian princess proposed by Charles the Fat in 882, the Persian embassy's reception at the court of Louis XIV in 1715, the Chilean coup d'état against President Salvador Allende in 1973 that mobilized a generation of French left-wing activists. France in the World combines the intellectual rigor of an academic work with the liveliness and readability of popular history. With a brand-new preface aimed at an international audience, this English-language edition will be an essential resource for Francophiles and scholars alike."
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A more in depth-review in my History account on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3978020656 (