Colin Jones: The Shortest History of France

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France has long been feted for its unsurpassed cultural and historical riches. Gothic architecture, Louis XIV opulence, revolutionary spirit, café society . . . what could be more quintessentially French? Rarely do we think of France as a melting pot, and yet historian Colin Jones asserts it's no less a mélange of foreign ingredients than the United States-and by some measures, more so.

The Shortest History of France reveals a nation whose politics and society have always been shaped by global forces. With up-to-date scholarship that avoids the traps of national exceptionalism, Jones reminds us that it was only after the first millennium of French history-after constant subjugation to the Roman Empire and Germanic tribal forces-that a nation-state began to emerge, while absorbing influences from its European neighbors. Later, the Crusades and subsequent overseas colonization paved the way for cultural exchange with Africa, the Caribbean, East Asia, and elsewhere.

France has been home to the Enlightenment, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Paris Agreement . . . but also to the Vichy regime, the Algerian War, and persistent racism and civil unrest. By turns serious and spirited, The Shortest History of France is a dynamic, global story for our times.

Über den Autor

Colin Jones is Emeritus Professor of History at Queen Mary University of London and visiting professor at the University of Chicago. He is a fellow of the British Academy, former president of the Royal Historical Society, and officier in the Ordre des Palmes académiques. He is the author and editor of many works on French history, including The Cambridge Illustrated History of France, The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon, Paris: Biography of a City (awarded the Enid MacLeod Prize of the Franco-British Society), The Smile Revolution in 18th-Century Paris, Versailles, and The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Hexagon in Global Context

The First Millennium, 52BCE-1000CE
France Emergent, 1000-1500
New Worlds, 1500-1720
France Goes Global, 1720-1850
Imperial France's German Problem, 1850-1940
Resetting the Nation, 1940-1989
Memories and Prospects, 1989-the present

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	The Shortest History Series
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9798893030129
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	955012
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Jones, Colin
Hersteller:	Norton & Company The Experiment
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen:	B&W images throughout
Maße:	194 x 129 x 24 mm
Von/Mit:	Colin Jones
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.04.2025
Gewicht:	0,272 kg

Artikel-ID: 130772473