The Pride of Place : : Local Memories and Political Culture in Modern France /

The Pride of Place : : Local Memories and Political Culture in Modern France / / Stephane Gerson.

Nineteenth-century France grew fascinated with the local past. Thousands of citizens embraced local archaeology, penned historical vignettes and monographs, staged historical pageants, and created museums and pantheons of celebrities. Stéphane Gerson's rich, elegantly written, and timely book p...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Gerson, Stephane,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2003
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.) :; 2 maps, 22 halftones, 3 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • INTRODUCTION: Local Memories and Modernity
  • PART 1: Le Pays
  • ONE. The Field of Local Memories
  • PART II: L'Amour du Pays
  • TWO. Recomposing Self and Nation
  • THREE. The Pedagogy of Place
  • FOUR. Local Memories and the Governing of the Minds
  • PART III: Le Mal du Pays
  • FIVE. Town, Nation, or Humanity?
  • SIX. Local Difference and the State
  • SEVEN. The Quandary of Local Initiative
  • EIGHT. Sur les Lieux PROVINCIAL ELITES BEFORE THE STATE
  • EPILOGUE: The Return to the Local
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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