Shortest History of France (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Serie
Shortest History Series
Antal sidor
304
Utgivningsdatum
2025-04-15
Förlag
The Experiment LLC
Dimensioner
196 x 130 x 23 mm
Vikt
272 g
ISBN
9798893030129

Shortest History of France

From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance - A Global Story for Our Times

av Colin Jones
Häftad,  Engelska, 2025-04-15
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France has long been feted for its unsurpassed cultural and historical riches. Gothic architecture, Louis XIV opulence, revolutionary spirit, café society . . . what could be more quintessentially French? Rarely do we think of France as a melting pot, and yet historian Colin Jones asserts it's no less a mélange of foreign ingredients than the United States-and by some measures, more so. The Shortest History of France reveals a nation whose politics and society have always been shaped by global forces. With up-to-date scholarship that avoids the traps of national exceptionalism, Jones reminds us that it was only after the first millennium of French history-after constant subjugation to the Roman Empire and Germanic tribal forces-that a nation-state began to emerge, while absorbing influences from its European neighbors. Later, the Crusades and subsequent overseas colonization paved the way for cultural exchange with Africa, the Caribbean, East Asia, and elsewhere. France has been home to the Enlightenment, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Paris Agreement . . . but also to the Vichy regime, the Algerian War, and persistent racism and civil unrest. By turns serious and spirited, The Shortest History of France is a dynamic, global story for our times. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.
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Colin Jones¿is Emeritus Professor of History at Queen Mary University of London and visiting professor at the University of Chicago. He is a fellow of the British Academy, former president of the Royal Historical Society, and officier in the Ordre des Palmes académiques. He is the author and editor of many works on French history, including¿The Cambridge Illustrated History of France,¿The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon,¿Paris: Biography of a City¿(awarded the Enid MacLeod Prize of the Franco-British Society),¿The Smile Revolution in 18th-Century Paris,¿Versailles,¿and¿The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris.

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