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French Nobility in the Eighteenth Century
Reassessments and New Approaches
Av Jay M. Smith
Inbunden, 2006
1192 kr
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Historians have long been fascinated by the nobility in pre-Revolutionary France. What difference did nobles make in French society? What role did they play in the coming of the Revolution? In this book, a group of prominent French historians shows why the nobility remains a vital topic for …
French Nobility in the Eighteenth Century
Reassessments and New Approaches
Av Jay M. Smith
Häftad, 2012
543 kr
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Historians have long been fascinated by the nobility in pre-Revolutionary France. What difference did nobles make in French society? What role did they play in the coming of the Revolution? In this book, a group of prominent French historians shows why the nobility remains a vital topic for …
Monsters of the Gévaudan
The Making of a Beast
Av Jay M. Smith
Inbunden, 2011
416 kr
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In a brilliant, original rendition, Monsters of the Gévaudan revisits a spellbinding French tale that has captivated imaginations for over two hundred years, and offers the definitive explanation of the strange events that underlie this timeless story.In 1764 a peasant girl was killed and partially …
Nobility Reimagined
The Patriotic Nation in Eighteenth-Century France
Av Jay M. Smith
Inbunden, 2005
1690 kr
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The mature nationalism that fueled the French Revolution grew from patriotic sensibilities fostered over the course of a century or more. Jay M. Smith proposes that the French thought their way to nationhood through a process of psychic adjustment premised on the reimagining of nobility, a social …
Nobility Reimagined
The Patriotic Nation in Eighteenth-Century France
Av Jay M. Smith
Häftad, 2005
529 kr
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The mature nationalism that fueled the French Revolution grew from patriotic sensibilities fostered over the course of a century or more. Jay M. Smith proposes that the French thought their way to nationhood through a process of psychic adjustment premised on the reimagining of nobility, a social …
Cheated
The UNC Scandal, the Education of Athletes, and the Future of Big-Time College Sports
Av Jay M. Smith, Mary Willingham
Inbunden, 2015
294 kr
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In 2010 allegations of an utterly corrupt academic system for student-athletes emerged from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus, home of the legendary Tar Heels. As the alma mater of Michael Jordan, Larry Brown, Marion Jones, Lawrence Taylor, Rashad McCants, and many others; …
Cheated
The UNC Scandal, the Education of Athletes, and the Future of Big-Time College Sports
Av Jay M. Smith, Mary Willingham
E-bok, 2015
231 kr
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In 2010 allegations of an utterly corrupt academic system for student-athletes emerged at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, home of the legendary Tar Heels. Written by UNC professor of history Jay Smith and UNC athletics department whistleblower Mary Willingham, Cheated recounts the …
Cheated
The UNC Scandal, the Education of Athletes, and the Future of Big-Time College Sports
Av Jay M. Smith, Mary Willingham
Häftad, 2019
254 kr
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In 2010 allegations of an utterly corrupt academic system for student-athletes emerged at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, home of the legendary Tar Heels. Written by UNC professor of history Jay Smith and UNC athletics department whistleblower Mary Willingham, Cheated recounts the …
Culture of Merit
Nobility, Royal Service, and the Making of Absolute Monarchy in France, 1600-1789
Av Jay M Smith
Inbunden, 1996
1260 kr
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The eighteenth century's critique of privilege and its commitment to the idea of advancement by merit are widely regarded as sources of modernity. But if meritocratic values were indeed the product of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, how do we explain earlier attention to …
