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France in the world : a new global history /

A fresh, radical history of France and its place in the world that offers short, accessible articles on topics ranging from the Chauvet Cave all the way to the events of 2015. Bringing together an impressive group of established and up-and-coming historians, this bestselling history conceives of Fra...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Histoire mondiale de la France.
Other Authors: Boucheron, Patrick (Editor), Delalande, Nicolas (Editor), Mazel, Florian (Editor), Potin, Yann (Editor), Singaravélou, Pierre (Editor), Gerson, Stéphane (Editor), Fagan, Teresa Lavender (Translator), Kuntz, Jane (Translator), Pernsteiner, Alexis (Translator), Roberts, Anthony F., 1950- (Translator), Wood, Willard (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Other Press, [2019]
Subjects:
France > History.
HISTORY / Europe / France.
Table of Contents:
  • Early stirrings in one corner of the world
  • From one empire to another
  • The feudal order triumphs
  • France expands
  • The great monarchy of the West
  • Absolute power
  • Enlightenment nation
  • A homeland for universal revolution
  • Globalization in the French style
  • Modernizing in troubled times
  • Leaving the colonial empire, entering Europe
  • Today in France.