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Language: English
Published by Columbia University Press, 1998
Series: Book 21 of 103 - European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
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- Title
- Realms of Memory
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- HRD
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0231109261
- ISBN 13
- 9780231109260
- Item weight
- 1,663 grams
- Series
- Book 21 of 103: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
This volume, the third part of Realms of Memory, focuses on the emblems that signify Frenchness to people around the world. It includes 13 essays on cultural icons from Joan of Arc to Descartes; the national motto of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity; the tricolour flag; and the French language itself. The closing essay on commemoration provides an overview of the series.
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About the Author
Pierre Nora is Editorial Director of Editions Gallimand. He is editor of the journal Le Debat and is Directeur D'Etudes at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
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