Description: Why France?American Historians Reflect on an Enduring Fascination Author(s): Laura Lee Downs, Stephane Gerson, Roger Chartier Format: Paperback Publisher: Cornell University Press, United States Imprint: Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 9780801475702, 978-0801475702 Synopsis France has long attracted the attention of many of America's most accomplished historians. The field of French history has been vastly influential in American thought, both within the academy and beyond, regardless of France's standing among [url] political and cultural elites. Even though other countries, from Britain to China, may have had a greater impact on American history, none has exerted quite the same hold on the American historical imagination, particularly in the post-1945 era. To gain a fresh perspective on this passionate relationship, Laura Lee Downs and Stephane Gerson commissioned a diverse array of historians to write autobiographical essays in which they explore their intellectual, political, and personal engagements with France and its past. In addition to the essays, Why France? includes a lengthy introduction by the editors and an afterword by one of France's most distinguished historians, Roger Chartier. Taken together, these essays provide a rich and thought-provoking portrait of France, the Franco-American relationship, and a half-century of American intellectual life, viewed through the lens of the best scholarship on France. Contributors: Ken Alder, Northwestern University; John W. Baldwin, The Johns Hopkins University; Edward Berenson, New York University; Herrick Chapman, New York University; Roger Chartier, cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales; Clare Haru Crowston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Barbara Diefendorf, Boston University; Laura Lee Downs, cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales; Stephane Gerson, New York University; Jan Goldstein, The University of Chicago; Lynn Hunt, UCLA; Steven Kaplan, Cornell University; Thomas Kselman, Notre Dame University; Herman Lebovics, SUNY Stony Brook; Robert Paxton, Columbia University; Todd Shepard, The Johns Hopkins University; Leonard V. Smith, Oberlin College; Gabrielle Spiegel, The Johns Hopkins University; Tyler Stovall, University of California, Berkeley
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Book Title: Why France?
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Why France?: American Historians Reflect on an Enduring Fascination
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: History
Item Height: 229 mm
Type: Textbook
Author: Laura Lee Downs, Stephane Gerson
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
