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From Near and Far takes a transnational approach to the history of France by considering the many ways in which people and places beyond the conventionally accepted borders of the nation shaped its life.
Sommario
List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: France in the World, the World in France
Part 1. The World of the French Revolution
1. Strangers in a Strange Land: The Saga of the French Five Hundred
2. World Revolutionary in a Universal Nation: Karl Marx in Paris
3. The Other Second Empire: France’s Intervention in Mexico
Part 2. The Rise of the Imperial Republic
4. Capital of Fashion: Paris and the Rise of Haute Couture
5. Universalism from the Margins: The Alliance Israélite Universelle
6. Painter of Empire: The Life of Paul Gauguin
Part 3. Transnational France in the Era of the World Wars
7. Lafayette, We Are Here!: France and the Americans during the Great War
8. Colonial and Global Revolutionary: The Apprenticeship of Ho Chi Minh
9. Foreigners for France: The Manouchian Group and the French Resistance
Part 4. Rebirth of the Universal Nation
10. Universal Family: Josephine Baker and the Rainbow Tribe
11. Transnational France on Vacation: A History of Club Med
12. Postcolonial Soundtrack: Hip-Hop Music and Culture in Contemporary France
Conclusion: A Nation of Stories Large and Small
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Tyler Stovall (1954–2021) was the dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Fordham University. He was the author or editor of a number of books, including
White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea and coeditor of
The Black Populations of France: Histories from Metropole to Colony (Nebraska, 2022).
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From Near and Far takes a transnational approach to the history of France by considering the many ways in which people and places beyond the conventionally accepted borders of the nation shaped its life.
