Bücher der Reihe Studies in Modern French and Francophone History

This book explores the process by which the French Basque country acquired a folkloric regional identity in the long nineteenth century. It argues that, despite originating in pre-'modern' customs, such stereotypical identity was invented in the long nineteenth century as part of France's process of nation-building.

Republican passions provides an innovative perspective on the founding of the French Third Republic. Based on the archives of Léon Laurent-Pichat, journalist, Deputy and Life Senator, it demonstrates the crucial role of family and friendship networks in the republican movement during the Second Empire and early Third Republic.

How does our perception of time shape our political ideas and commitments? This cutting-edge monograph makes a major contribution to the history of time by exploring how thinkers and activists of the French radical left and right conceived of the past, present and future in the period between the Dreyfus Affair and the First World War.

Challenging the subject's current interpretation, this microhistorical study traces the social and civic dynamics of the French Revolution's religious politics within five small towns. -- .

Looking at the royal rituals around the death of Louis XV and the accession of Louis XVI, this book sheds new light on the politics and culture of the period, offering original perspectives on court culture, the transition of power, the recall of the Paris parlement and the first year of Louis XVI's reign, including his coronation in June 1775. -- .

The French mutinies of 1919 stretched from the Soviet Union through to France's naval ports. It is the first study to try to understand the subjective world of the mutineers. -- .

This book explores the memory of the war of independence in France as viewed by the former European settlers (pieds-noirs) and the harkis, those Algerians who worked for the French security forces. It examines how the memorial dynamics of the two groups are related both to each other and to other memories of the war. -- .

Sheds new light on the cultural origins and practical ambitions of the French Revolution through an analysis of debates over education in eighteenth-century France. -- .

This book traces the history of post-war France by tracking the Comite Regional d'Action Viticole (CRAV), a militant collective of winegrowers who have used protest and violence to push back against attempts to modernise the French economy and state and the wider impacts of globalisation. -- .

Explores Robespierre's vision and the events held across France on this day, which he declared a national day of celebration to inaugurate the state religion of the new French Republic, the Cult of the Supreme Being. It redefines the importance of the Festival in the development of the Revolution. -- .

The stadium century investigates why and how French spectators attended major sporting events in such vast numbers through the twentieth century, demonstrating the associated connections between urbanism, politics and sport. -- .

A study of the daily life, concerns, and dynamics of aristocratic families in the France of the Third Republic. -- .

Analyses the experiences of Spanish Republican refugees in France -- .

This is a study of noble families' collective memory and transmission of tangible and intangible cultural heritage. -- .