by
World Trade Press.
Call Number
944.084 23
Publication Date
2011
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85038.8750
by
Raymond, Gino.
Call Number
944.003
Publication Date
2008
Summary
Presents a thorough history of France, including entries that cover kings, politicians, authors, architects, composers, artists, and philosophers.
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77634.9844
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Evans, Martin, 1964-
Call Number
965.046 22
Publication Date
2012
Summary
Invaded in 1830, populated by one million settlers who co-existed uneasily with nine million Arabs and Berbers, Algeria was different from other French colonies because it was administered as an integral part of France, in theory no different from Normandy or Brittany. The depth and scale of the colonization process explains why the Algerian War of 1954 to 1962 was one of the longest and most violent of the decolonization struggles. An undeclared war in the sense that there was no formal beginning of hostilities, the war produced huge tensions that brought down four government.
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71873.7266
by
Auslander, Leora.
Call Number
944 20
Publication Date
1996
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67236.7656
by
Vinen, Richard.
Call Number
944.082 20
Publication Date
1995
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67236.3359
by
McCormick, John, 1938-
Call Number
792.094409034 22
Publication Date
1993
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67234.4531
by
Schwartz, Vanessa R.
Call Number
944
Publication Date
2011
Summary
In this Very Short Introduction, Vanessa Schwartz argues that modern France, as both a world stage and a global crossroads, is an essential actor in the development of contemporary culture. Indeed, French is the only language other than English spoken on five continents, and more people still visit France than anywhere else in the world. French fashion continues to dominate haute couture and, at the same time, French people are at the forefront of international "style," which was as true in the first half of the twentieth century as it is today. This tension between "Frenchness &
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67233.5938
by
Thomas, Dominic Richard David.
Call Number
305.896044 22
Publication Date
2007
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Challenging the identity politics that have set immigrants against the mainstream, this volume explores how black expressive culture has been reformulated as global culture in the multicultural and multinational spaces of France.
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67232.0313
by
Hyman, Paula, 1946-2011.
Call Number
944.004924 21
Publication Date
1998
Summary
The book explores the complex encounter of France and its Jews from just before the revolution to the present. The author shows how French Jews have embraced the opportunities of integration and acculturation, redefined their identities, and adapted their Judaism to the pragmatic and ideological demands of the time.
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67231.3203
by
Hyman, Paula, 1946-2011.
Call Number
944.004924 21
Publication Date
1998
Summary
The book explores the complex encounter of France and its Jews from just before the revolution to the present. The author shows how French Jews have embraced the opportunities of integration and acculturation, redefined their identities, and adapted their Judaism to the pragmatic and ideological demands of the time.
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Electronic Resources
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67231.3203
by
Tebben, Maryann Bates, author.
Call Number
641.300944 TEB
Publication Date
2020
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67231.1641
by
Wellman, Kathleen Anne, 1951- author.
Call Number
944.0209252 23
Publication Date
2013
Summary
This title tells the history of the French Renaissance through the lives of its most prominent queens and mistresses, beginning with Agnès Sorel, the first officially recognised royal mistress in 1444, including Anne of Brittany, Catherine de Medici, Anne Pisseleu, Diane de Poitiers, Marguerite de Valois among others, and concluding with Gabrielle d'Estrées, Henry IV's powerful mistress during the 1590s.
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67229.4531
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