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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
From Valmy to Waterloo From Valmy to Waterloo Marie-Cécile Thoral The French declaration of war on Austria on 20 April 1792 committed the nation to more than twenty years of war. Faced with a coalition of European powers, the revolutionaries called upon the citizen… OL16137142W
Paris after the Liberation Paris after the Liberation Antony Beevor,Artemis Cooper,Artemis Cooper In this brilliant synthesis of social, political, and cultural history, Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper present a vivid and compelling portrayal of the City of Lights after its liberation. Paris bec… OL1881610W
Contagion Contagion Andrew Robert Aisenberg vii, 238 pages ; 22 cm OL1950569W
Constructing Muslims in France Constructing Muslims in France Jennifer Fredette The standing of French Muslims is undercut by a predominant and persistent elite public discourse that frames Muslims as failed and incomplete French citizens. This situation fosters the very separat… OL20930420W
Whites, Jews, and Us Whites, Jews, and Us Hedi El Kholti,Houria Bouteldja «Pourquoi j'écris ce livre? Parce que je partage l'angoisse de Gramsci: "le vieux monde se meurt. Le nouveau est long à apparaître et c'est dans ce clair-obscur que surgissent les monstres". Le monst… OL21608269W
The history of modern France The history of modern France Jonathan Fenby With the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, the next two centuries for France would be tumultuous. Bestselling historian and political commentator Jonathan Fenby pro… OL23435728W
The new France The new France John Ardagh 733 p. : 18 cm OL2439106W
Marianne in chains Marianne in chains Robert Gildea In France, the German occupation is called simply the "dark years." There were only the "good French" who resisted and the "bad French" who collaborated. Marianne in Chains, a broad and provocative h… OL2488850W
Sword, miter, and cloister Sword, miter, and cloister Constance Brittain Bouchard 463 pages : 25 cm OL2724484W
France's overseas frontier France's overseas frontier John Connell,Robert Aldrich,Aldrich, Robert x, 357 p. : 24 cm OL2725564W
The poor of eighteenth-century France, 1750-1789 The poor of eighteenth-century France, 1750-1789 Olwen H. Hufton x, 414 p., [4] leaves of plates : 22 cm OL3336868W
Visualizing the Nation Visualizing the Nation Joan B. Landes "Popular images of women were everywhere in revolutionary France. Landes highlights the widespread circulation of images of the female body, notwithstanding the political leadership's suspicions of t… OL5093251W
Jews and gender in liberation France Jews and gender in liberation France K. H. Adler This book takes a new look at occupied and liberated France through the dual prism of race (specifically Jewishness) and gender - core components of Vichy ideology. The imagining of liberation, and t… OL5751870W