Funerals, Politics, and Memory in Modern France, 1789-1996

ISBN-13: 9780198203285 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 440 str.

Avner Ben-Amos

Opis

This is a study of the state funerals that were celebrated in France between the French revolution and the death of Francois Mitterand. It investigates the funerals of such prominent figures as Voltaire, Napoleon, Gambetta, Hugo, and de Gaulle, which became major public events that helped to mold the national memory. The book is the first comprehensive analysis of French state funerals, and also a major contribution to the study of French political culture.
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Recenzje

The exceptional richness of this book will make it - for a long time - a work of reference that wonderfully illustrates the new ways of doing political history.