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The Cultural and Intellectual Rebuilding of France after the Second World War: (1944-47)

By Michael Kelly

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2004
ISBN
1403933766, 9781403933768, 9780230511163
Open Library ID
OL22603688M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1383505 bytes)
Series
1944-47
Edition
illustrated edition
Pages
243\243
Topic
History
Library
avaxhome.ws
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

This book reveals how France reinvented itself in the aftermath of WWII. After foreign military interventions, the French political and intellectual elites embraced regime change and launched an urgent program of nation building. They rebuilt French national identity with whatever material was available, and created a vibrant new cultural and intellectual life. The cost to subordinated groups, however, especially women, still casts a long shadow over French values and attitudes. In this, perhaps, there are lessons and implications for other countries, struggling to rebuild themselves after conflict.

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