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A Velvet Empire

Author : David Todd
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691205337
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book A Velvet Empire written by David Todd and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How France's elites used soft power to pursue their imperial ambitions in the nineteenth century After Napoleon's downfall in 1815, France embraced a mostly informal style of empire, one that emphasized economic and cultural influence rather than military conquest. A Velvet Empire is a global history of French imperialism in the nineteenth century, providing new insights into the mechanisms of imperial collaboration that extended France's power from the Middle East to Latin America and ushered in the modern age of globalization. David Todd shows how French elites pursued a cunning strategy of imperial expansion in which conspicuous commodities such as champagne and silk textiles, together with loans to client states, contributed to a global campaign of seduction. French imperialism was no less brutal than that of the British. But while Britain widened its imperial reach through settler colonialism and the acquisition of far-flung territories, France built a "velvet" empire backed by frequent military interventions and a broadening extraterritorial jurisdiction. Todd demonstrates how France drew vast benefits from these asymmetric, imperial-like relations until a succession of setbacks around the world brought about their unravelling in the 1870s. A Velvet Empire sheds light on France's neglected contribution to the conservative reinvention of modernity and offers a new interpretation of the resurgence of French colonialism on a global scale after 1880. This panoramic book also highlights the crucial role of collaboration among European empires during this period—including archrivals Britain and France—and cooperation with indigenous elites in facilitating imperial expansion and the globalization of capitalism.

France in the New Century

Author : John Ardagh
Publisher : Peter Smith Pub Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780844672045
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book France in the New Century written by John Ardagh and published by Peter Smith Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

France in the New Century

Author : John Ardagh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140295177
Total Pages : 757 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book France in the New Century written by John Ardagh and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dress in France in the Eighteenth Century

Author : Madeleine Delpierre
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300071283
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (712 download)

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Book Synopsis Dress in France in the Eighteenth Century by : Madeleine Delpierre

Download or read book Dress in France in the Eighteenth Century written by Madeleine Delpierre and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines European dress as it evolved in 18th-century France. The text looks at French dress first from an aesthetic point of view, describing in detail fashionable and everyday clothes. It then examines the social and economic factors affecting fashion and compares styles in major European cities.

Interior decorating in nineteenth-century France

Author : Anca I. Lasc
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526113406
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Interior decorating in nineteenth-century France written by Anca I. Lasc and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-16 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the beginnings of the interior design profession in nineteenth-century France. Drawing on a wealth of visual sources, from collecting and advice manuals to pattern books and department store catalogues, it demonstrates how new forms of print media were used to ‘sell’ the idea of the unified interior as a total work of art, enabling the profession of interior designer to take shape. In observing the dependence of the trades on the artistic and public visual appeal of their work, the book establishes crucial links between the fields of art history, material and visual culture, and design history.

France at War in the Twentieth Century

Author : Valerie Holman
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781571817709
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book France at War in the Twentieth Century written by Valerie Holman and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There are suggestive and interesting contributions ... Historians of modern France and historians interested in the cultural aspects of war will find much to engage with in this stimulating collection." - French History France experienced four major conflicts in the fifty years between 1914 and 1964: two world wars, and the wars in Indochina and Algeria. In each the role of myth was intricately bound up with memory, hope, belief, and ideas of nation. This is the first book to explore how individual myths were created, sustained, and used for purposes of propaganda, examining in detail not just the press, radio, photographs, posters, films, and songs that gave credence to an imagined event or attributed mythical status to an individual, but also the cultural processes by which such artifacts were disseminated and took effect. Reliance on myth, so the authors argue, is shown to be one of the most significant and durable features of 20th century warfare propaganda, used by both sides in all the conflicts covered in this book. However, its effective and useful role in time of war notwithstanding, it does distort a population's perception of reality and therefore often results in defeat: the myth-making that began as a means of sustaining belief in France's supremacy, and later her will and ability to resist, ultimately proved counterproductive in the process of decolonization.

The Splendid Century

Author : W. H. Lewis
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787200566
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book The Splendid Century written by W. H. Lewis and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Splendid Century,” penned by the brother of famous author C. S. Lewis (“Alice in Wonderland”), is a depiction of various aspects of life in France during the reign of Louis XIV, gleaned through the author’s thorough research of records, correspondence, and journals of the time. Using anecdotal evidence, the book probes in detail various facets of life in France during this time, including the lives of nobles (particularly those at court) as well as commoners, religious institutions and conflicts, the organization of the French army and its restructuring, rural life and city life, what life was like on galley ships and passenger sailing ships, how doctors were trained, and the state of women’s education. The author also discusses the background behind Louis XIV’s policies, illustrating their impact on French civilization, both during this time and for generations to come. A must-read for anyone interested in French history.

The French Century

Author : Brian Moynahan
Publisher : Flammarion-Pere Castor
ISBN 13 : 9782080201171
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The French Century written by Brian Moynahan and published by Flammarion-Pere Castor. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how the French imagination, in entertainment, sports, arts, science, and technology, continues today to influence the world.

Visions and Revisions of Eighteenth-Century France

Author : Christine Adams
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271026091
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Visions and Revisions of Eighteenth-Century France written by Christine Adams and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2005-08-18 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together eight essays (all but one previously unpublished) that offer innovative strategies for studying society and culture in eighteenth-century France. Divided into three sections, the chapters map out current research paths in social, cultural, and political history. The authors engage the most heated subjects of debate in the field today, including the changing nature of political life in the age of Enlightenment, the role of public opinion in undermining absolutism, and the impact of gender on social relationships and political language in the late eighteenth century. They demonstrate a marked interest in the lives of ordinary and humble French people, finding that exclusion from the main corridors of power fostered cunning and resourcefulness, not political indifference or ignorance. The articles encompass the Old Regime and the revolutionary era without falling into the teleological trap of using the former as the backdrop for the events of 1789. On the contrary, many of the authors consciously avoid this bias by investigating the Old Regime in its own right or by consciously linking the pre- and postrevolutionary eras. This decision alone marks an important turning of the tide. By establishing a dialogue between the Old Regime and the revolution, this volume implicitly pays homage to those historians who insist on the structural continuities that underlay the rupture of 1789. Contributors are Cissie Fairchilds, Christine Adams, Orest Ranum, Lisa Jane Graham, Harvey Chisick, John Garrigus, Lenard Berlanstein, and Jack Censer.

Capitalism and the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth-Century France

Author : William H. Sewell Jr.
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022677046X
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Capitalism and the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth-Century France written by William H. Sewell Jr. and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "William H. Sewell, Jr. turns to the experience of commercial capitalism to show how the commodity form abstracted social relations. The increased independence, flexibility, and anonymity of market relations made equality between citizens not only conceivable but attractive. Commercial capitalism thus found its way into the interstices of this otherwise rigidly hierarchical society, coloring social relations and paving the way for the establishment of civic equality"--

When The World Spoke French

Author : Marc Fumaroli
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590173759
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book When The World Spoke French written by Marc Fumaroli and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Review Books Original During the eighteenth century, from the death of Louis XIV until the Revolution, French culture set the standard for all of Europe. In Sweden, Austria, Italy, Spain, England, Russia, and Germany, among kings and queens, diplomats, military leaders, writers, aristocrats, and artists, French was the universal language of politics and intellectual life. In When the World Spoke French, Marc Fumaroli presents a gallery of portraits of Europeans and Americans who conversed and corresponded in French, along with excerpts from their letters or other writings. These men and women, despite their differences, were all irresistibly attracted to the ideal of human happiness inspired by the Enlightenment, whose capital was Paris and whose king was Voltaire. Whether they were in Paris or far away, speaking French connected them in spirit with all those who desired to emulate Parisian tastes, style of life, and social pleasures. Their stories are testaments to the appeal of that famous “sweetness of life” nourished by France and its language.

Privilege and the Politics of Taxation in Eighteenth-Century France

Author : Michael Kwass
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521030199
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Privilege and the Politics of Taxation in Eighteenth-Century France written by Michael Kwass and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-02 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Privilege and the Politics of Taxation in Eighteenth-Century France, first published in 2000, offers a lucid interpretation of the Ancien Régime and the origins of the French Revolution. It examines what was arguably the most ambitious project of the eighteenth-century French monarchy: the attempt to impose direct taxes on formerly tax-exempt privileged elites. Connecting the social history of the state to the study of political culture, Michael Kwass describes how the crown refashioned its institutions and ideology to impose new forms of taxation on the privileged. Drawing on impressive primary research from national and provincial archives, Kwass demonstrates that the levy of these taxes, which struck elites with some force, not only altered the relationship between monarchy and social hierarchy, but also transformed political language and attitudes in the decades before the French Revolution. Privilege and the Politics of Taxation in Eighteenth-Century France sheds light on French history during this crucial period.

Patrons, Brokers, and Clients in Seventeenth-century France

Author : Sharon Kettering
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195036735
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Patrons, Brokers, and Clients in Seventeenth-century France written by Sharon Kettering and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold new study of politics and power in 17th-century France, this book argues that the French Crown extended its control over the provinces and laid the foundations for a centralized state by removing patronage power from the provincial governors and putting it instead in the hands of newly-created provincial power brokers--regional notables who cooperated with the Paris ministers in exchange for their patronage.

The Columbia History of Twentieth-century French Thought

Author : Lawrence D. Kritzman
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231107907
Total Pages : 820 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The Columbia History of Twentieth-century French Thought written by Lawrence D. Kritzman and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This valuable reference is an authoritative guide to 20th century French thought. It considers the intellectual figures, movements and publications that helped define fields as diverse as history, psychoanalysis, film, philosophy, and economics.

The Hurdy-Gurdy in Eighteenth-Century France

Author : Robert A. Green
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253025133
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Hurdy-Gurdy in Eighteenth-Century France written by Robert A. Green and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hurdy-gurdy, or vielle, has been part of European musical life since the eleventh century. In eighteenth-century France, improvements in its sound and appearance led to its use in chamber ensembles. This new and expanded edition of The Hurdy-Gurdy in Eighteenth-Century France offers the definitive introduction to the classic stringed instrument. Robert A. Green discusses the techniques of playing the hurdy-gurdy and the interpretation of its music, based on existing methods and on his own experience as a performer. The list of extant music includes new pieces discovered within the last decade and provides new historical context for the instrument and its role in eighteenth-century French culture.

The Bourgeoisie in 18th-Century France

Author : Elinor Barber
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400874580
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Bourgeoisie in 18th-Century France written by Elinor Barber and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By delving into the religious, economic, social, and political attitudes and practices of the French bourgeoisie in the 18th century, Mrs. Barber dispels the idea that they were a revolutionary class bent on the destruction of the ancien régime. Instead, she reveals that only slowly and partially did they become antagonistic to the established society. Her particular attention is given to bourgeois feelings about, and chances for, social mobility. The book provides fresh insights into a familiar period, both in the wealth of information about the bourgeois class and in the use of sociological methods in a historical study. As an excellent example of a new and increasingly fruitful approach to history, it will interest both the historian and the social scientist. Originally published in 1955. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Testimony

Author : Nicolas Sarkozy
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061758086
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Testimony written by Nicolas Sarkozy and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this important book from the newly elected president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy sets forth his personal vision of France's role in world affairs and his plans for modernizing the country and equipping it for the twenty-first century. With unusual candor, President Sarkozy describes the difficulties France has faced in recent years—high unemployment, social tensions, inadequate education, a government that has not been responsive or responsible when confronting economic and social problems. In international relations, he calls for a new approach to the way France positions itself in the world. He is a great admirer of the United States, an unorthodox position for a French leader, and his vision for Europe is ambitious and far-reaching. His iconoclastic views on Israel and the Arab world, Africa, globalization, immigration, and the environment promise a sharp break with the past. The ideas of France's new president are probably more daring, coherent, and compelling than those of any French leader in decades. Furthermore, he remains optimistic about France, insisting that the country is eager to embrace profound change. Bold, pragmatic, a risk-taker, President Sarkozy sets forth an exciting new direction for France as it enters the world of the twenty-first century.