Author: H. S. JonesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521890991
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This book demonstrates the importance of legal theory and the idea of the state in French political culture.
The French State in Question
Author: H. S. JonesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521890991
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This book demonstrates the importance of legal theory and the idea of the state in French political culture.
The French State in Question
Author: H. S. JonesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521431491
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The French State in Question places the idea of the state back at the heart of our understanding of modern French history and political culture, and challenges accepted views of the Third Republic as a "weak" state. At its core is an examination of a central problem in French politics of the belle epoque: Should the employees of the state have the right to unionize, and to strike? The book examines this as a problem of intellectual history: it seeks to explain why this was such an intractable question, and does so by demonstrating the importance of legal theory and the idea of the state in French political culture.
Debating the Woman Question in the French Third Republic, 1870-1920
Author: Karen OffenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107188040
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 711
Book Description
A magisterial reconstruction and analysis of the heated debates around the 'woman question' during the French Third Republic.
Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796
Author: George WashingtonThe Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen 1789 and 1793
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780947608057
Category : Human rights
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
The Question
Author: Henri AllegPublisher: Plunkett Lake Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Henri Alleg’s candid account of how the French Army brutally tortured him in Algeria first appeared in 1958. Although quickly banned by the French government, it was widely read and remains a classic and powerful indictment of torture. “The lesson of this book... is that we are all on the edge of savagery and if we begin to slip over that edge, we fall fast and far.” — D. W. Brogan, The New York Times “Written with spare and simple candor, the book is much more than a scalding footnote to fever-hot headlines. The Question does not stop with the Algerian question but goes on to ask: What does it mean to be a human being? It tells of the shame and glory of man.” — Time “In his modest, unassuming and precise fashion, Alleg is describing a triumph of the human spirit... The importance of Alleg’s book extends far beyond Algeria and France. For this is what can happen anywhere; what does happen in many parts of the world and what could happen here. There is nothing ‘inhuman’ about it. It is too, too human. To hush it up, to deny it for any reason whatever is to be an accomplice of the torturers...” — Scotsman “[A] noble and in a sense ennobling book, the dominant impression it leaves is one of a progressive and finally an almost total degradation, a degradation both of persons — except for the tortured, the outlawed — and of social institutions. The Question is far more than an account of atrocities, however spectacular.” — The Nation
Another Collection of Philosophical Conferences of the French Virtuosi, upon questions of all sorts; for the improving of Natural Knowledg. Made in the Assembly of the Beaux Esprits at Paris, by the most ingenious persons of that nation. Render'd into English, by G. Havers ...&J. Davies. [A translation of 140 conferences of the “Recueil général des questions traitées és conférences du Bureau d'Adresse,” the compilation by Théophraste and Eusèbe Renaudot originally issued as “Première (-quatriesme) centurie des questions traitées ez conférences du Bureau d'Adresse.”]
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Author: Committee of Experts for the Progressive Codification of International Law
Author: League of NationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : International law
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
France since 1870
Author: Charles SowerwinePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350307254
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 771
Book Description
This thoroughly revised, updated and expanded new edition of an established text surveys the cultural, social and political history of France from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the Paris Commune through to Emmanuel Macron's presidency. Incorporating the newest interpretations of past events, Sowerwine seamlessly integrates culture, gender, and race into political and social history. This edition features extended coverage of the 2007-8 financial crisis, the rise of the political and cultural far right and the issues of colonialism and its contemporary repercussions. This is an essential resource for undergraduate and taught postgraduate students of history, French studies or European studies taking courses on modern French history or European history. This text will also appeal to scholars and readers with an interest in modern French history. 'Richly informative and lucidly presented, Sowerwine's France since 1870 offers essential reading for students and researchers. Particularly powerful is the new final chapter, which draws on historical expertise to explore and explain the literary and political malaise of contemporary France.' – Jessica Wardhaugh, University of Warwick, UK. 'This third edition is unparalleled in its reach and excellence as a history of modern France from 1870 to the present. Sowerwine seamlessly integrates culture, gender, and race into political and social history. His incorporation of the newest interpretations of past events as well as the historical perspective he lends to current events such as terror attacks, new laws regarding labor and marriage, modern globalization, neo-liberalism-as well as to France's darkening mood--make this highly readable book a true masterpiece.' – Elinor Accampo, University of Southern California, USA. 'Her recent social and economic challenges have cast deep shadows into the story of modern France that Charles Sowerwine tells so clearly. Those dark questions about culture, politics and society have their full place in this This scholarly but accessible reassessment of French history since 1870. This edition raises new questions about France's story, directly and compellingly, and remains the key text for readers who are curious about modern France.' – Julian Wright, Northumbria University, UK. 'Following on the fine precedent set by earlier editions, this masterful survey offers students and the public alike a readable and illuminating account of the tortuous and ever intriguing path of French history since 1870.' – George Sheridan, University of Oregon, USA.
The Family on Trial in Revolutionary France
Author: Suzanne DesanPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520248163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
Annotation A sophisticated and groundbreaking book on what women actually did and what actually happened to them during the French Revolution.