Place and Locality in Modern France analyses the significance and
changing constructions of local place in modern France. Drawing on the
expertise of a range of scholars from around the world, this book
provides a timely overview of the cross-disciplinary thinking that is
currently taking place over a central issue in French history. The
contributed chapters address a range of subjects that include: the
politics of administrative reform, decentralization, regionalism and
local advocacy; the role of commerce in engendering narratives and
experience of local place; the importance of ethnic, class, gender and
race distinctions in shaping local connection and identity; the
generation and transmission of knowledge about local place and culture
through academia, civic heritage and popular memory. As a
reconsideration of the 'local' in French history, Place and Locality
in Modern France bridges the divide between micro- and macro-history
for all those interested in ideas of locality and culture in modern
French and European history.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781780938226
Publisert
2015
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok