Under the Shadow of Defeat: The War of 1870-71 in French Memory

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Palgrave Macmillan UK, Sep 24, 2008 - History - 299 pages
Based on extensive archival research, this book is the first wide-ranging analysis of how memories of the Franco-Prussian War shaped French political culture and identities. Examining war remembrance as an emerging mass phenomenon in Europe, it sheds new light on the relationship between memories and the emergence of new concepts of the nation.

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Karine Varley
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KARINE VARLEY is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, the University of Leeds, and Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. She has lectured at Durham University and is currently Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Edinburgh.

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Title Under the Shadow of Defeat: The War of 1870-71 in French Memory
Author K. Varley
Edition illustrated
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2008
ISBN 0230582346, 9780230582347
Length 299 pages
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History / Europe / France
History / Europe / General
History / General
History / Modern / General
History / Social History
   
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