by
Thomas, Martin, 1964- author.
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941.085 22
Publication Date
2014
Summary
Although shattered by war, in 1945 Britain and France still controlled the world's two largest colonial empires, with imperial territories stretched over four continents. And they appeared determined to keep them: the roll-call of British and French politicians, soldiers, settlers and writers who promised in word and print at this time to defend their colonial possessions at all costs is a long one. Yet, within twenty years both empires had almost completely disappeared. The collapse was cataclysmic. Peaceable 'transfers of power' were eclipsed by episodes of territorial partition and mass vio.
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54896.0859
by
Duchen, Claire.
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305.420944 20
Publication Date
1994
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Claire Duchen explores women's everyday lives in France between the liberation and May '68 and considers the tensions created by competing visions of womanhood.
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52747.3359
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Parrott, David.
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944.032 21
Publication Date
2001
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It is assumed widely that 'war made the state' in seventeenth-century France. Yet this study challenges the traditional interpretations of the role of the army as an instrument of the emerging absolutist state, and shows how the expansion of the French war effort contributed to weakening Richelieu's hold upon France. Runner up in the History Today Awards 2002.
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52746.8242
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Romani, Roberto.
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941.07 21
Publication Date
2002
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Romani considers a distinction between 'national character' as a static and stereotype-laden concept, and 'public spirit' as a notion suggesting the necessity of certain qualities to operate free institutions. Many major authors of the period 1750-1914 (like Montesquieu, Voltaire, Hume, Millar, Burke, Tocqueville, Spencer, Hobson and Durkheim) are considered.
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52746.1523
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Henaut, Stéphane, author.
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394.120944 HEN
Publication Date
2018
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52745.9023
by
Thorisson, Mimi.
Call Number
641.5944714
Publication Date
2014
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52745.7891
by
Nathan, Joan.
Call Number
641.5676
Publication Date
2010
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52745.7891
by
Öchsner, Marcia.
Call Number
641.59439999999995
Publication Date
2019
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52745.7148
by
Whalen, Logan E.
Call Number
841.1 22
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2008
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52745.4453
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Bertucci, Paola, author.
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509.4409033 23
Publication Date
2017
Summary
What would the Enlightenment look like from the perspective of artistes, the learned artisans with esprit, who presented themselves in contrast to philosophers, savants, and routine-bound craftsmen? Making a radical change of historical protagonists, the author places the mechanical arts and the world of making at the heart of the Enlightenment. At a time of great colonial, commercial, and imperial concerns, artistes planned encyclopedic projects and sought an official role in the administration of the French state. The Société des Arts, which they envisioned as a state institution that would foster France's colonial and economic expansion, was the msot ambitious expression of their collective aspirations. This work provides the first in-depth study of the Société, and demonstrates its legacy in scientific programs, academies, and the making of Diderot and D'Alembert's Encyclopédie. Through insightful analysis of textual, visual, and material sources, the author provides a ground-breaking perspective on the politics of writing on the mechanical arts and the development of key Enlightenment concepts such as improvement, utility, and progress.
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52745.2695
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Jones, Peter, 1949-
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944.034 22
Publication Date
2003
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This is the first 'comparative micro-historical' study to have been attempted for the period between the old and the new France, 1760-1820, which offers a strikingly new perspective on the rural history of France during an epoch of momentous change.
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52745.1836
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Reid, Roddey, 1952-
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362.2967 22
Publication Date
2005
Summary
Traces the culture and politics of anti-smoking efforts in three sites with distinct social histories.
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52744.5664
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