Realms of Memory: The Construction of the French Past, Volume 1 - Conflicts and Divisions

by Pierre Nora and Pierre Birnbaum

Archives, monuments, celebrations: there are not merely the recollections of memory but also the foundations of history. Symbols, the third and final volume in Pierre Nora's monumental Realms of Memory, includes groundbreaking discussions of the emblems of France's past by some of the nation's most distinguished intellectuals. The seventeen essays in this book consider such diverse "sites" of memory as the figures of Joan D'Arc and Decartes,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231084048
• ISBN13: 9780231084048
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 642 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.3" x 10.3"