Rethinking France: Les Lieux de Mémoire, Volume 3: Legacies Volume 3

by Arthur Goldhammer

The third volume of Pierre Nora's monumental work documenting the history and culture of France turns to French manners, mores, and society. While previous volumes focused on specific historical events, people, and institutions within France, the essays in Legacies are concerned with the kinds of things that make up the heart of French culture: conversation, caf s, songs, wine, gallantry, and places imbued with national symbolism such as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226591344
• ISBN13: 9780226591346
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.9" x 9.4"