Stranger in Paris
Allan Mitchell
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Paperback. In this compact and tightly argued essay, the author maintains that the French Third Republic - and European history during this period in general - can only be understood if particular attention is paid to the special relationship that existed between France and Germany. Num Pages: 104 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
In this compact and tightly argued essay, the author maintains that the French Third Republic - and European history during this period in general - can only be understood if particular attention is paid to the special relationship that existed between France and Germany. The experience of the French people was so intimately related to that of its closest neighbor that a bilateral perspective becomes unavoidable. Without the unifying theme of Germany's crucial role in acting upon and within the French Republic, this story would become a much more random tale of events. After 1870, an autonomous national history ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845451257
SKU
V9781845451257
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99-15
About Allan Mitchell
Allan Mitchell (1933-2016) received his PhD from Harvard in 1961 and then taught at Smith College (1961-1972) and the University of California (1973-1993). He was the author of The Great Train Race: Railways and the Franco-German Rivalry, 1815-1914 (Berghahn Books, 2006); Rêves Parisiens. L’échec de projets de transport public en France aux XIXe siècle (Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, 2005); and ... Read more
Reviews for Stranger in Paris
...very well written [and] highly informative. It has originality [and] presents stimulating and thoughtful images of the Third French Republic.A"
Joel Blatt, University of Connecticut - an excellent interpretive essay - this short book, long on ideas and filled with useful information, is highly recommended to specialists in German and French history alike, ... Read more
Joel Blatt, University of Connecticut - an excellent interpretive essay - this short book, long on ideas and filled with useful information, is highly recommended to specialists in German and French history alike, ... Read more