New York. 1996. Columbia University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0231084048. English Language EditionEdited & With A Foreword by Lawrence D. Kritzman. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. 651 pages. hardcover. keywords: French History . FROM THE PUBLISHER - REALMS OF MEMORY is a monumental collective endeavor by France's leading intellectuals, exploring the cathedrals and palaces, the rituals, legends, and episodes that form the landscape of French consciousness. The first volume, Conflicts and Divisions, reflects on symbols of political, religious, regional, and generational difference that structure France's self-definition. The book begins with the political clashes that have carved a path through French history and memory, between Franks and Gauls, French and foreigners, Vichy and all other regimes. Contributors explore shifting conceptions of political meaning over centuries, from the often irreverent portrayals of Gauls in such popular media as the Asterix comics to nostalgic reimaginings of pre-revolutionary France by modern ultranationalists. A second section analyzes sites and events of the religious conflicts that underlie French identity. The authors chronicle the manufacture of remembrance, as seen in the Protestant festivals held each September to commemorate the persecution of Huguenots in the sixteenth-century Wars of Religion; and of the processes of forgetting, witnessed in the assimilative tradition among ...

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ISBN10: 0231084048, ISBN13: 9780231084048, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Faint creasing to edges of first few pages. DJ spine sunned. ; Vol. 1; 10.26 X 7.34 X 1.71 inches; 642 pages
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New York: Columbia University Press, Date: 1996. First English language edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Explores "the cathedrals and palaces, the rituals, legends, and episodes that form the landscape of French consciousness". Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Very minimal wear to dust jacket edges. Nicely illustrated. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 651 pp. 1996. Columbia University Press ISBN 0231084048 9780231084048 [CA]

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Columbia University Press, Date: 1996-08-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1996. Columbia University Press ISBN 0231084048 9780231084048 [US]