Title: France on display
First published: 1998
Description: The 1937 Paris World's Fair presented a traditionalist image of France as a rural, provincial country, faithful to its folk traditions and to its Old World heritage. France's attachment, well into the twentieth century, to its traditionalist roots has often been interpreted by scholars as a reactionary impulse, a desire to resist modernization or a wish to return to the past.

However, in this book Peer argues that this enduring attachment in Third Republic France to peasants, provincials, and folklore was not inherently reactionary or anti-modernist. Instead, these aspects of France's "traditional" heritage were refashioned in new ways to allow France to modernize while still retaining it distinctive identity.
Subjects: Civilization, Cultural policy, Exhibitions, Exposition internationale (1937 : Paris, France), Folklore, French National characteristics, National characteristics, French, Regionalism, France, civilization, Folklore, france, France, cultural policy, Français, Régionalisme, Expositions, Civilisation, Politique culturelle, HISTORY, Exposition internationale. fast (OCoLC)fst01406416, Exposition internationale (1937 : Paris, France) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84093880
Places: France
Time periods: 1901-1945
LC classification: DC33.7 .P37 1998