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From the fall of the Bastille to the rise of Napoleon, Paris was the stage for most of the greatest crises of the French Revolution. Indeed, for many historians, the Revolution was a distinctly Parisian phenomenon, restricted to the galleries of the Tuileries and the chambers of the Jacobin Club. But Paris was only one setting for a national terror which was frequently and painfully felt outside the capital. What happened during these momentous years beyond Paris? How did the revolution spread from the capital and how did it affect people living in the provinces? Drawing on newly discovered and unpublished sources which cast fresh light on the lives of everyday men and women caught up in the...
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A groundbreaking study of the role of Muslims in eighteenth‑century France “This elegant, braided history of Muslims and French citizenship is urgently needed. It will be a ‘must read’ for students of the French Revolution and anyone interested in modern France.”— Carla Hesse, University of California, Berkeley From the beginning, French revolutionaries imagined their transformation as a universal one that must include Muslims, Europe’s most immediate neighbors. They believed in a world in which Muslims could and would be French citizens, but they disagreed violently about how to implement their visions of universalism and accommodate religious and social difference. Muslims, t...
Les Lieux de memoire is perhaps one of the most profound historical documents on the history and culture of the French nation. Assembled by Pierre Nora during the Mitterand years, this multivolume series has been hailed as "a magnificent achievement" (The New Republic) and "the grandest, most ambitious effort to dissect, interpret and celebrate the French fascination with their own past" (The Los Angeles Times). Written during a time when French national identity was undergoing a pivotal change and the nation was struggling to define itself, this unprecedented series consists of essays by prominent historians and cultural commentators which take, as their points of departure, a lieu de memoi...
'Between Justice and Politics' presents the history of the first 50 years of the Ligue des Droits de l'Homme - the League of the Rights of Man. Founded during the Dreyfus Affair, the Ligue took as its mandate the defense of human rights in all their forms.
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La survie permet à la fois de mieux connaître la Nature et de mieux affronter des catastrophes ou accidents dont nous pouvons être victimes. Une bonne connaissance des stratégies, tactiques et techniques de survie favorisent un affrontement mesuré et efficace face aux circonstances qui peuvent affecter notre physique, notre mental et notre vie. Voici une démarche originale et pragmatique qui amène le lecteur à mieux se connaître tout en se familiarisant avec le monde de la survie.