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Brigitte Bardot
A Biography
Häftad, 2013
364 kr
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Actress and sex symbol Brigitte Bardot had a stunning career in France and America in the mid-20th century. Since the 1970s, she has dedicated her life to the welfare and protection of animals, with much personal involvement. In this book the author makes the case that far from being a pretty face …
Cultured Force
Makers and Defenders of the French Colonial Empire
Av Barnett Singer, John Langdon
Häftad, 2008
342 kr
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Bridging gaps between intellectual history, biography, and military/colonial history, Barnett Singer and John Langdon provide a challenging, readable interpretation of French imperialism and some of its leading figures from the early modern era through the Fifth Republic. They ask us to rethink and …
Maxime Weygand
A Biography of the French General in Two World Wars
Häftad, 2008
396 kr
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During the armistice proceedings and at the Peace Conference after World War I, French General Maxime Weygand served as chief aid to Marshal Foch. Called out of retirement in the late 1930s, Weygand again served his country during World War II, becoming commander in chief of the French Army. His …
Pacific Northwest
Growth of a Regional Identity
Av Raymond D. Gastil, Barnett Singer
Häftad, 2010
384 kr
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The Pacific Northwest--for the purposes of this book mostly Oregon and Washington--has sometimes been seen as lacking significant cultural history. Home to idyllic environmental wonders, the region has been plagued by the notion that the best and brightest often left in search of greater things, …
Village Notables in Nineteenth-Century France
Priests, Mayors, Schoolmasters
Häftad, 1983
445 kr
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Examines the role of village notables in nineteenth-century France.Local priests, mayors, and schoolmasters have often been portrayed by French novelists as objects of ridicule. In reality, however, the village notables gave norms to the villagers in their communities and personified the …
Americanization of France
Searching for Happiness after the Algerian War
Inbunden, 2013
1246 kr
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This engaging, knowledgeable book traces the American path France has followed since resolving its searing Algerian conflict in 1962. Barnett Singer convincingly demolishes two pervasive clichés about modern France: first, that the country never has been fit to fight wars, including wars on terror; …
Americanization of France
Searching for Happiness After the Algerian War
E-bok, 2013
1364 kr
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This engaging, knowledgeable book traces the American path France has followed since resolving its searing Algerian conflict in 1962. Barnett Singer convincingly demolishes two pervasive clichés about modern France: first, that the country never has been fit to fight wars, including wars on terror; …
Artie Shaw
Icon of Swing
Häftad, 2023
517 kr
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A remarkable bandleader, composer and clarinetist, Artie Shaw's popularity defined the American music scene from 1938 to 1945, the Swing Era. Shaw led a fascinating, tumultuous personal life, including a difficult childhood and marriages to starlets such as Lana Turner and Ava Gardner. This …
Turbulent Seas: My Life in the American Merchant Marine
Av Barnett Singer, (Retired Captain) Lance Orton
Häftad, 2019
204 kr
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Village Notables in Nineteenth-Century France
Priests, Mayors, Schoolmasters
Inbunden, 1983
1111 kr
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Examines the role of village notables in nineteenth-century France.Local priests, mayors, and schoolmasters have often been portrayed by French novelists as objects of ridicule. In reality, however, the village notables gave norms to the villagers in their communities and personified the …
