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Bezig met laden... France since 1870: Culture, Society and the Making of the Republic (2001)door Charles Sowerwine
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. France Since 1870 is a political and cultural history of France from the Franco-Prussian War to about 2000. It's often assigned as a survey text in undergraduate French history courses. It's notable for its inclusion of not only political, but cultural and woman's history. I read it in conjunction with a class taught by John Merriman of Yale University: HIST 276: France Since 1871, a 24 lecture, 20 hour class freely available online. This is an excellent book and I recommend it highly. It's about 75% political history, some of which is great, some of which is mind numbing lists of statistics. The cultural history chapters are superb, covering things such as French New Wave cinema, literature, art, post-modernism, existentialism, Anarchism, Feminism. Major political episodes are explained such as the Dryfus Affair, WWI and Vichy France, Vietnam, Algiers, May 68. These are all things I knew about on the fringe but never understood in context of France's development, now they make much more sense. As an Introduction to French history this book along with Merriman's class lectures are among the best available. --Review by Stephen Balbach, via CoolReading (c) 2008 cc-by-nd geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Widely praised when it was first published, this new edition has been brought up to the present with new final chapters, and thoroughly revised to take into account the latest research. It now includes maps and more coverage of key topics such as: racial strife, colonial difficulties, the Vichy regime, and the nature of the French extreme right. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)944.081History and Geography Europe France and region France Third republic 1870- Third Republic 1870-1945 ; XXth CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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The major (minor?) problems with the book are a rather brief, unenlightening chapter on World War I and a tendency (particularly in the later chapters) of the author to insert himself into the work. While the scope of his book is too broad to allow in depth coverage of any decade, the first world war and the Treaty of Versailles were so pivotal that they really deserve more coverage than the author provides.
As an explanation of French politics and culture, France Since 1870 is a marvelous introduction which I can highly recommend. This is a great place to start your studies in the history of modern France. After Sowerwine's book, you will inevitably want to delve deeper into such a complex country. ( )