France : a modern history from the Revolution to the war with terror
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250096838
- ISBN: 1250096839
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Physical Description:
xxxix, 536 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published: The history of modern France. London : Simon & Schuster, 2015. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-515) and index. |
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Subject: | France History 1789- France History |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | 944 F331f 2016 (Text) | 33126021970276 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/13/2024 |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2016 October #1
Both within its borders and to the rest of the world, France has long preserved a narrative of its own exceptionality. In addition to significant technological and cultural achievements and innovations, the country has undergone momentous social and political upheaval during the past 200 years. Monarchy, revolution, empire, and capitalism are as much a part of its history as politician Maximilien Robespierre, writer Victor Hugo, colonialism, and the conservative political party the National Front. According to Fenby (The General: Charles de Gaulle and the France He Saved), France is unable to reconcile many of its own contradictions and conflicts: reform vs. order, imperialism vs. republicanism, exceptional men vs. nameless functionaries, radicalism vs. conservatism. All have contributed to the making and unmaking of France as a whole. VERDICT Relying on, although not always citing, an array of primary and secondary sources, Fenby's accessible prose utilizes non sequitur and a light touch to good effect. He successfully conveys to general readers two centuries of intricate political and economic facts and figures in a well-recommended, thoroughly engrossing narrative.âLinda Frederiksen, Washington State Univ. Lib., Vancouver. Copyright 2016 Library Journal.