num_pages: 432
description: A new approach to the history of France, looking at the country's physical and geographical features as factors which have shaped its past. Braudel questions the origins of frontiers, the growth of towns, how Paris became the capital and how France's unification came about.
language: French
title: The Identity of France: Vol. 1: History and Environment
titlecomplete: The Identity of France: Vol. 1: History and Environment
genres: France, History, Geography, European History, Nonfiction, Medieval
ratings_count: 88
publisher: Harper & Row