Republican Identities in War and Peace - Representations of France in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Zusatztext Prost's work is a source of inspiration and information for anyone aiming to grasp an understanding of the French Republic. The demonstration of the mulitiplicity of identities throughout the 19th and 20th centuries within French civil society makes this book valuable. The author is clearly aiming to go beyond the beaten track towards a more detailed understanding of French society. Informationen zum Autor Antoine Prost Professor Emeritus of History,University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne Translated from the French by Jay Winter with Helen McPhail Zusammenfassung Presents a collection of articles by Antoine Prost. This book covers: an account of war memorials; the troubled history of commemorating the Algerian war; republican representations of war and peace; and, discourse and social conflict in republican France. It offers an understanding of the history of nineteenth and twentieth century France. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: Antoine Prost and the History of Civil Society Jay Winter I. National Identity 1 War Memorials of the Great War: Monuments to the Fallen 2 Verdun: The life of a Site of Memory 3 The Contribution of the Republican Primary School to French National Identity 4 Representations of War in Inter-War France 5 The Algerian War in French Collective Memory II. Identities and Civil Society: Urban Space, Social Identities and Youth 6 The People of Paris: The Eighteenth Arrondissement in 1936 7 Celebrating Joan: A Feast of Collective Identity in Orl,ans since the French Revolution 8 Marriage, Youth and Society in Orl,ans in 19119 Youth in Inter-War France III. Identities and the Discourse of Political Conflict 10 Votes and Words 11 Workers, Others and the State 12 The French Contempt for Politics: The case of Veterans in the Inter-War Period 13 The Strikes of 1936: The Occupation of Factories and the Decline of Deference Index

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• Authors: Antoine Prost, Prost Antoine
• Assisted by: Helen McPhail (Translation), McPhail Helen (Translation), Jay Winter (Translation)
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.01.2002
• EAN: 9781859736265
• ISBN: 978-1-85973-626-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Legacy of the Great War; The Legacy of the Great War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799