Realms of Memory Vol. 3The Construction of the French Past, Volume 3 - Symbols |
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| Editor:
| Nora, Pierre
Kritzman, Lawrence |
| Translator:
| Goldhammer, Arthur |
| Series title: | European Perspectives: a Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-10926-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 1998 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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Offers the best essays from the acclaimed collection originally published in French. This monumental work examines how and why events and figures become a part of a people's collective memory, how rewriting history can forge new paradigms of cultural identity, and how the meaning attached to an event can become as significant as the event itself.
Offers the best essays from the acclaimed collection originally published in French. This monumental work examines how and why events and figures become a part of a people's collective memory, how rewriting history can forge new paradigms of cultural identity, and how the meaning attached to an event can become as significant as the event itself.