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Why France? : American Historians Reflect on an Enduring Fascination.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (251 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801464812
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Why France?DDC classification:
  • 944.0072/02
LOC classification:
  • DC36
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Medievalist and Francophile Despite Himself -- 2. A Mid-Atlantic Identity -- 3. Tough Love for France -- 4. Fantasy Meets Reality: A Midwesterner Goes to Paris -- 5. Défense d'afficher... -- 6. France for Belgium -- 7. Why Paris? -- 8. Catholic Connections, Jewish Relations, French Religion -- 9. Europe without Personal Angst -- 10. France, a Political Romance -- 11. Choosing History, Discovering France -- 12. An African American in Paris -- 13. Writing at the Margins -- 14. It's Not About France -- 15. Pilgrim's Progress: From Suburban Canada to Paris (via Montreal, Tokyo, and Tehran) -- 16. Between Douai and the U.S.A. -- Afterword -- Notes -- List of Contributors.
Summary: A diverse array of historians provide autobiographical essays in which they explore their intellectual, political, and personal engagements with France and its past.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Medievalist and Francophile Despite Himself -- 2. A Mid-Atlantic Identity -- 3. Tough Love for France -- 4. Fantasy Meets Reality: A Midwesterner Goes to Paris -- 5. Défense d'afficher... -- 6. France for Belgium -- 7. Why Paris? -- 8. Catholic Connections, Jewish Relations, French Religion -- 9. Europe without Personal Angst -- 10. France, a Political Romance -- 11. Choosing History, Discovering France -- 12. An African American in Paris -- 13. Writing at the Margins -- 14. It's Not About France -- 15. Pilgrim's Progress: From Suburban Canada to Paris (via Montreal, Tokyo, and Tehran) -- 16. Between Douai and the U.S.A. -- Afterword -- Notes -- List of Contributors.

A diverse array of historians provide autobiographical essays in which they explore their intellectual, political, and personal engagements with France and its past.

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