France 1848-1945 (Four-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
This four-volume set presents Theodore Zeldin's landmark social history "France 1848-1945," a sweeping account that treats French national character not through politics alone but through ambition, emotion, and everyday life. "Politics and Anger" chronicles the volatile currents of French public life, tracing how citizens expressed grievance and aspiration through revolution, republic, and reaction. "Intellect and Pride" uncovers the intellectual culture of the period, examining how French thinkers, educators, and artists shaped and were shaped by national self-image. "Taste and Corruption" details the pleasures and vices of French society, from cuisine and fashion to the darker undercurrents of political and moral compromise. "Anxiety and Hypocrisy" closes the set by dissecting the private fears and social pretenses that ran beneath the surface of a nation in flux, arguing that these hidden tensions reveal as much about France as its public triumphs. Together the volumes instruct readers in a wholly original method of historical writing, one that treats emotion and psychology as central evidence for understanding a nation's past.
Author: Theodore Zeldin
Format: Paperback
Published: 1979, Oxford University Press
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
This four-volume set presents Theodore Zeldin's landmark social history "France 1848-1945," a sweeping account that treats French national character not through politics alone but through ambition, emotion, and everyday life. "Politics and Anger" chronicles the volatile currents of French public life, tracing how citizens expressed grievance and aspiration through revolution, republic, and reaction. "Intellect and Pride" uncovers the intellectual culture of the period, examining how French thinkers, educators, and artists shaped and were shaped by national self-image. "Taste and Corruption" details the pleasures and vices of French society, from cuisine and fashion to the darker undercurrents of political and moral compromise. "Anxiety and Hypocrisy" closes the set by dissecting the private fears and social pretenses that ran beneath the surface of a nation in flux, arguing that these hidden tensions reveal as much about France as its public triumphs. Together the volumes instruct readers in a wholly original method of historical writing, one that treats emotion and psychology as central evidence for understanding a nation's past.