| Realms of Memory: The Construction of the French Past, Volume 2 - Traditions Contributor(s): Nora, Pierre (Editor), Kritzman, Lawrence (Editor), Goldhammer, Arthur (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0231106343 ISBN-13: 9780231106344 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 1997 Annotation: Realms of Memory, the three-volume English-language edition of Pierre Nora's critically acclaimed Lieux de Memoire, translates the vicissitudes of national self-consciouness and the meanings and disjunctions associated from past events into a unique and incisive portrait of a nation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - History | Historiography - History | Western Europe - General |
| Dewey: 944 |
| LCCN: 95-49349 |
| Series: European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural Criticism |
| Physical Information: 1.71" H x 7.06" W x 10.31" (2.64 lbs) 643 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This text is the second of three volumes looking at the history of France. This volume examines how and why events and figures become part of a people's collective memory. It emphasizes the shared aspects of French history and cultural instrumental in the development of a national identity. It includes 14 essays on subjects ranging from Proust's Remembrance of Things Past to the Tour de France. |