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  • The Age of Hobsbawm

    The Life of a Revolutionary Historian

    by Emile Chabal ...
    An intellectual biography of Eric Hobsbawm, one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century.Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012) was one of the foremost European intellectuals of the twentieth century. He published hundreds of articles on modern history and culture, and his books became canonical works and bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic. His crystal-clear writing, vast erudition, and ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

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  • Britain and France in Two World Wars

    Truth, Myth and Memory

    Edited by Robert Tombs, Emile Chabal ...
    France and Britain, indispensable allies in two world wars, remember and forget their shared history in contrasting ways. The book examines key episodes in the relationship between the two countries, including the outbreak of war in 1914, the battles of the Somme and Verdun, the Fall of France in 1940, Dunkirk, and British involvement in the French Resistance and the 1944 Liberation. The ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • France

    by Emile Chabal ...
    Series series Polity Histories
    France is the most-visited country in the world. It attracts millions of tourists, most of whom come in search of beautiful architecture, good food, and fine art. But appearances can be deceptive. France is not only a place of culture and glamour; it also carries the bitter memories of violence, division and broken promises.In this arresting book, Emile Chabal, a leading specialist of contemporary ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • A Divided Republic

    Nation, State and Citizenship in Contemporary France

    by Emile Chabal ...
    This book is an original and sophisticated historical interpretation of contemporary French political culture. Until now, there have been few attempts to understand the political consequences of the profound geopolitical, intellectual and economic changes that France has undergone since the 1970s. However, Emile Chabal's detailed study shows how passionate debates over citizenship, immigration, ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • States of Ignorance

    Governing Irregular Migrants in Western Europe

    Edited by Christina Boswell, Emile Chabal ...
    Much attention has been focused on how states produce knowledge about the people they govern; far less has been written about those aspects of society that states choose to keep obscure. This book makes an original contribution to understanding state ignorance by focusing on one of the most complex and contested social issues of our day: the governance of irregular migrants. Tracing the evolution ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • France since the 1970s

    History, Politics and Memory in an Age of Uncertainty

    Edited by Emile Chabal ...
    Until the mid-20th century, France saw itself as a great power with universalist aspirations and global ambitions. But the Second World War and decolonisation irrevocably changed France's place in the world. Despite attempts to restore the country's 'grandeur' in the 1960s, the French have been forced to reconcile themselves to their modest place at the heart of a changing Europe. What impact has ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • France's Lost Empires

    Fragmentation, Nostalgia, and la fracture coloniale

    by Emile Chabal, Olivier Courteaux, Kathryn Dale, Yun Kyoung Kwon, Indra N. Mukhopadhyay, John Strachan, Sophie Watt, Akhila Yechury, Claire Eldridge ...
    Series series After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
    France's Lost Empires brings together ten essays that collectively investigate the historical, cultural, and political legacies of French colonialism and, specifically, the endings of the French empire(s). Combining analyses of three "lost" territories (Canada, India, and Saint Dominigue) of the "first" French colonial empire, that of the Ancien Regime, with investigations of the decolonization of ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

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    Studies on Labour and Politics in France, 1830-1981

    by Tony Judt ...
    Unlike most books, which treat labor, Socialist and Communist history separately and view French Marxism as a self-contained philosophical phenomenon, Marxism and the French Left offers a refreshingly different approach to the subject. Judt emphasizes the complex and interwoven themes that unify the topics of his essays to construct a distinctive and original interpretation of French left-wing ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Colonial Culture in France since the Revolution

    Edited by Pascal Blanchard, Sandrine Lemaire, Nicolas Bancel, Dominic Thomas ...
    This landmark collection by an international group of scholars and public intellectuals represents a major reassessment of French colonial culture and how it continues to inform thinking about history, memory, and identity. This reexamination of French colonial culture, provides the basis for a revised understanding of its cultural, political, and social legacy and its lasting impact on ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • A Social Laboratory for Modern France

    The Musée Social and the Rise of the Welfare State

    by Janet R. Horne ...
    As a nineteenth-century think tank that sought answers to France’s pressing “social question,” the Musée Social reached across political lines to forge a reformist alliance founded on an optimistic faith in social science. In A Social Laboratory for Modern France Janet R. Horne presents the story of this institution, offering a nuanced explanation of how, despite centuries of deep ideological ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • France Since 1945

    by Robert Gildea ...
    The last fifty years of French history have seen immense challenges for the French: constructing a new European order, building a modern economy, searching for a stable political system. It has also been a time of anxiety and doubt. The French have had to come to terms with the legacy of the German Occupation, the loss of Empire, the political and social implications of the influx of foreign ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • Drawing France

    French Comics and the Republic

    by Joel E. Vessels ...
    In France, Belgium, and other Francophone countries, comic strips---called bande dessinee or "BD" in French---have long been considered a major art form capable of addressing a host of contemporary issues. Among French-speaking intelligentsia, graphic narratives were deemed worthy of canonization and critical study decades before the academy and the press in the United States embraced comics.The ... Read more

    $35.99 USD