| Realms of Memory: The Construction of the French Past, Volume 3 - Symbols Contributor(s): Nora, Pierre (Editor), Kritzman, Lawrence (Editor), Goldhammer, Arthur (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0231109261 ISBN-13: 9780231109260 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: The third and final volume in Pierre Nora's award-winning (for Volume I) REALMS OF MEMORY, which includes groundbreaking discussions of France's past, powerfully demonstrates how a nation can both recover and rediscover its identity through remembrance, how rewriting history can forge new paradigms of cultural identity, and how meanings attached to an event can be as significant as the event itself. 146 illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - History | Historiography - History | Western Europe - General |
| Dewey: 944 |
| LCCN: 95049349 |
| Series: European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural Criticism |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 7.32" W x 10.3" (3.50 lbs) 751 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume, the third part of Realms of Memory, focuses on the emblems that signify Frenchness to people around the world. It includes 13 essays on cultural icons from Joan of Arc to Descartes; the national motto of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity; the tricolour flag; and the French language itself. The closing essay on commemoration provides an overview of the series. |