| Author | : P. Culpepper |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 333 |
| Release | : 2006-01-27 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0230584535 |
How do European states adjust to international markets? Why do French governments of both left and right face a public confidence crisis? In this book, leading experts on France chart the dramatic changes that have taken place in its polity, economy and society since the 1980s and develop an analysis of social change relevant to all democracies.
| Author | : Michael Wolfe |
| Publisher | : Duke University Press |
| Total Pages | : 428 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780822319139 |
After examining the interplay between competing ideologies and public institutions, from the monarchy to the Parlement of Paris to the aristocratic household, the volume explores the dynamics of deviance and dissent, particularly in regard to women's roles in religious reform movements and such sensationalized phenomena as the witch hunts and infanticide trials.
| Author | : Anne Green |
| Publisher | : Anthem Press |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2013-12-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1783080701 |
The French Second Empire (1852-70) was a time of exceptionally rapid social, industrial and technological change. French literature also underwent fundamental changes during this period as writers embraced ‘modernity’ and incorporated new technologies, fashions and inventions into their work. Focusing on cultural areas such as exhibitions, transport, food, dress and photography, ‘Changing France’ shows how apparently trivial aspects of modern life provided Second Empire writers with a versatile means of thinking about deeper issues. This volume brings literature and material culture together to reveal how writing itself changed as writers recognised the extraordinarily rich possibilities of expression opened up to them by the changing material world.
| Author | : John Ardagh |
| Publisher | : Penguin Group |
| Total Pages | : 772 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
Provides a detailed account of the political, economic, and cultural state of France and theorizes about the future of the country.
| Author | : Anne Green |
| Publisher | : Anthem Press |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2013-12-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1783081007 |
The French Second Empire (1852-70) was a time of exceptionally rapid social, industrial and technological change. French literature also underwent fundamental changes during this period as writers embraced ‘modernity’ and incorporated new technologies, fashions and inventions into their work. Focusing on cultural areas such as exhibitions, transport, food, dress and photography, ‘Changing France’ shows how apparently trivial aspects of modern life provided Second Empire writers with a versatile means of thinking about deeper issues. This volume brings literature and material culture together to reveal how writing itself changed as writers recognised the extraordinarily rich possibilities of expression opened up to them by the changing material world.
| Author | : Philip Benedict |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2005-06-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1134892195 |
The major changes experienced by France's cities over the period from the end of the middle ages to the eve of the Revolution are explored by six French and North American historians.
| Author | : Lawrence M. Bryant |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 360 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Each title in this series brings together a selection of articles by a leading authority on a particular subject. These studies are reprinted from a vast range of learned journals, conference proceedings, and more. They make available research that is scattered, even inaccessible in all but the largest libraries.
| Author | : Anne E. Duggan |
| Publisher | : University of Delaware Press |
| Total Pages | : 298 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780874138979 |
Salonnieres, Furies, and Fairies is a study of the works of two of the most prolific seventeenth-century women writers, Madeleine de Scudery and Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy. Analyzing their use of the novel, the chronicle, and the fairy tale, Duggan examines how Scudery and d'Aulnoy responded to and participated in the changes of their society, but from different generational and ideological positions. As both Scudery and d'Aulnoy wrote from within the context of the salon, this study also takes into account the history of the salon, an unofficial institution that served as a locus for elite women's participation in the cultural and literary production of their society. In order to highlight the debates that emerged with the increased participation of aristocratic or mondain women within the public sphere, the book explores the responses of two academicians. Nicolas Boileau and Charles Perrault, to the active presence of women within the public sphere.
| Author | : Andrew W.M. Smith |
| Publisher | : UCL Press |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2017-03-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1911307746 |
Looking at decolonization in the conditional tense, this volume teases out the complex and uncertain ends of British and French empire in Africa during the period of ‘late colonial shift’ after 1945. Rather than view decolonization as an inevitable process, the contributors together explore the crucial historical moments in which change was negotiated, compromises were made, and debates were staged. Three core themes guide the analysis: development, contingency and entanglement. The chapters consider the ways in which decolonization was governed and moderated by concerns about development and profit. A complementary focus on contingency allows deeper consideration of how colonial powers planned for ‘colonial futures’, and how divergent voices greeted the end of empire. Thinking about entanglements likewise stresses both the connections that existed between the British and French empires in Africa, and those that endured beyond the formal transfer of power.
