Realms of Memory
Subtitle: Rethinking the French Past (Volume I - Conflicts and Divisions)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: April 15, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 642
ISBN-13: 9780231084048
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Social Sciences; Nationalism; Political Philosophy; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Europe - France; Historiography; Western Europe - General; History / Europe / General; Civilization; France; Memory; National characteristics, French; Philosophy; Symbolism
First sentence: The heroic memory of the ancient Gauls is often recalled by monuments such as the Vercingetorix in Clermont or the Gaul on the Pont d'lena in Paris; by street names, Alesia, Gergovie, and Vercingetorix being among the most common; and by signs.