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1. The Discovery of France: A Historical
 
2. The Geography of Post-War France
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3. Geography Unbound: French Geographic
 
4. Learning Through Geography (Pathways
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5. The Most Arrogant Man in France:
 
6. France in Pictures (Visual Geography.
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7. Geography of France
8. The Economic Geography of France
 
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9. France: An Applied Geography
 
10. France (Studies in Industrial
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11. Everyone's Geography of France
12. Themes in the Historical Geography
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13. Peasants, Politicians and Producers:
 
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14. The Land of France, 1815-1914
 
15. France: Its Geography and Growth
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16. Primer Of The Industrial Geography
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17. Relations Of History And Geography:
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18. An Historical Geography of France
 
19. Western Mediterranean Europe:
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20. Cartography in France, 1660-1848:

1. The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography
by Graham Robb
Paperback: 496 Pages (2008-10-17)
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Asin: 0393333647
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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"A witty, engaging narrativestyle....[Robb's] approach is particularlyengrossing."—New York Times BookReview, front-page reviewA narrative of exploration—full of strangelandscapes and even stranger inhabitants—thatexplains the enduring fascination of France.While Gustave Eiffel was changing the skyline of Paris, large parts of France were still terraincognita. Even in the age of railways andnewspapers, France was a land of ancient tribaldivisions, prehistoric communication networks,and pre-Christian beliefs. French itself was aminority language.

Graham Robbdescribes that unknown world in arrestingnarrative detail. He recounts the epic journeysof mapmakers, scientists, soldiers,administrators, and intrepid tourists, ofitinerant workers, pilgrims, and herdsmen withtheir millions of migratory domestic animals. We learn how France was explored, charted, andcolonized, and how the imperial influence ofParis was gradually extended throughout akingdom of isolated towns and villages.

The Discovery of France explains how the modern nation came to be and how poorlyunderstood that nation still is today. Aboveall, it shows how much of France—past andpresent—remains to be discovered. A New York Times Notable Book, PublishersWeekly Best Book, Slate Best Book, and Booklist Editor's Choice. 16 pages of illustrations ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars The best book I have ever read on France
A very unusual description of france looking outside Paris outside the elite and not concerned with past descriptions. For foreigners living in France probably the best introduction to their adopted home.

5-0 out of 5 stars great to read while in france
this was a great book to read upon arriving here in france. helps to explain so many cultural, language, architectural and historical questions i had. really kept coming across things and immediately understood "why." can't wait to read "Discovery of Paris."

4-0 out of 5 stars Too much of a good thing
Much of the book is extraordinarily interesting, but Robb keeps reinforcing points already made with excessive detail.A good editor would have helped.This would be a better book if it were one-third shorter.

5-0 out of 5 stars "France", an alien planet
An amazing and strange book. A science-fiction story about an alien planet called "France". Only non-Frenchman could have looked at the available historical evidence and drawn this strange conclusion. Absolutely fascinating.

5-0 out of 5 stars Discovery of France
This is the book for anyone interested in French society and the coming together of France as a nation during the past couple of centuries. The casual tourist will never discover how France developed from a disparate combination of rural enclaves with their own "patois" or that remnants of the past still pertain in the various regions that are now tourist enclaves. This book is a must for those with more than a passing interest in France. ... Read more


2. The Geography of Post-War France : A Social and Economic Approach
by Hugh D. Clout
 Paperback: Pages (1975)

Asin: B0041V1HHO
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3. Geography Unbound: French Geographic Science from Cassini to Humboldt
by Anne Marie Claire Godlewska
Paperback: 451 Pages (2000-01-15)
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Asin: 0226300471
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At the end of the eighteenth century, French geographers faced a crisis. Though they had previously been ranked among the most highly regarded scientists in Europe, they suddenly found themselves directionless and disrespected because they were unable to adapt their descriptive focus easily to the new emphasis on theory and explanation sweeping through other disciplines.

Anne Godlewska examines this crisis, the often conservative reactions of geographers to it, and the work of researchers at the margins of the field who helped chart its future course. She tells her story partly through the lives and careers of individuals, from the deposed cabinet geographer Cassini IV to Volney, von Humboldt, and Letronne (innovators in human, physical, and historical geography), and partly through the institutions with which they were associated such as the Encyclopédie and the Jesuit and military colleges.

Geography Unbound presents an insightful portrait of a crucial period in the development of modern geography, whose unstable disciplinary status is still very much an issue today.
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4. Learning Through Geography (Pathways in Geography Series)
by Frances Slater
 Paperback: 227 Pages (1993-01)
list price: US$15.00
Isbn: 0962737976
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5. The Most Arrogant Man in France: Gustave Courbet and the Nineteenth-Century Media Culture
by Petra ten-Doesschate Chu
Hardcover: 248 Pages (2007-03-12)
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Asin: 0691126798
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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The modern artist strives to be independent of the public's taste--and yet depends on the public for a living. Petra Chu argues that the French Realist Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) understood this dilemma perhaps better than any painter before him. In The Most Arrogant Man in France, the first comprehensive reinterpretation of Courbet in a generation, Chu tells the fascinating story of how, in the initial age of mass media and popular high art, this important artist managed to achieve an unprecedented measure of artistic and financial independence by promoting his work and himself through the popular press.

The Courbet who emerges in Chu's account is a sophisticated artist and entrepreneur who understood that the modern artist must sell--and not only make--his art. Responding to this reality, Courbet found new ways to "package," exhibit, and publicize his work and himself. Chu shows that Courbet was one of the first artists to recognize and take advantage of the publicity potential of newspapers, using them to create acceptance of his work and to spread an image of himself as a radical outsider. Courbet introduced the independent show by displaying his art in popular venues outside the Salon, and he courted new audiences, including women.

And for a time Courbet succeeded, achieving a rare freedom for a nineteenth-century French artist. If his strategy eventually backfired and he was forced into exile, his pioneering vision of the artist's career in the modern world nevertheless makes him an intriguing forerunner to all later media-savvy artists.

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5-0 out of 5 stars Excellent book by preeminent Courbet Scholar
Gives insights on how the 19th century realist painter deftly used the media to spur his own career. Gives art historical, biographical, and general historical insights.

5-0 out of 5 stars great history book
excellent book. thouroughly informative. speaks of courbet's work through the eyes and mouths of his contemporaries. paints a wonderful picture of his life and times. ... Read more


6. France in Pictures (Visual Geography. Second Series)
by Rudolf Steiner, Geography Department
 Hardcover: 64 Pages (1992-02)
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Isbn: 0822518910
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Text and photographs present the topography, history, society, economy, and governmental structure of France. ... Read more


7. Geography of France
by Raoul Blanchard
Paperback: 246 Pages (2010-03-10)
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Asin: 1147177376
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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more


8. The Economic Geography of France
by John N. Tuppen
Hardcover: 383 Pages (1983-07)
list price: US$60.00
Isbn: 0389203998
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9. France: An Applied Geography
by John W. House
 Hardcover: 448 Pages (1978-11)
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Asin: 0416150802
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10. France (Studies in Industrial Geography)
by John H. Tuppen
 Paperback: 243 Pages (1980-10)

Isbn: 0712909818
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11. Everyone's Geography of France
by Fernand Maurette
Paperback: 84 Pages (2010-01-03)
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Asin: 1152453009
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Publisher: Paris, HachettePublication date: 1919Subjects: France -- Description and travelNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more


12. Themes in the Historical Geography of France
by N. London
Hardcover: 622 Pages (1977-06)
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Isbn: 0121758508
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13. Peasants, Politicians and Producers: The Organisation of Agriculture in France since 1918 (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography)
by Mark C. Cleary
Paperback: 220 Pages (2007-02-12)
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Asin: 0521033772
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All of the agricultural pressure groups in early modern France were important in shaping the evolution of French farming in this century.The transformation of an isolated peasantry into highly efficient agricultural producers, the role of the state in influencing agricultural modernization, and the place of the European community in French political and agricultural life have been affected by an increasingly complex network of organizations that are the subject of Cleary's book.Their history and geography is a revealing indicator of the social, cultural, and economic evolution of rural France.By combining an historical approach with a consideration of their contemporary role, the book serves to elucidate their role in shaping the countryside of the future. ... Read more


14. The Land of France, 1815-1914 (London Research Series in Geography, 1)
by Hugh Clout
 Hardcover: 181 Pages (1983-02)
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Asin: 0049110039
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15. France: Its Geography and Growth (Geography & Growth)
by Jean Dollfus
 Hardcover: 128 Pages (1972-03)
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Isbn: 0719518989
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16. Primer Of The Industrial Geography Of France
by George Phillips Bevan
Paperback: 104 Pages (2010-04-03)
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Asin: 1445571374
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more


17. Relations Of History And Geography: Studies in England, France and the United States
by H.C. Darby
Hardcover: 320 Pages (2002-01-01)
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Asin: 0859896994
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The two leading thinkers in historical geography in the English-speaking world in the mid-twentieth century were Carl Sauer and H.C. Darby.Critical evaluations of the work of Carl Sauer have been published but so far none have examined the contribution of H.C. Darby, although the influence of his ideas on his students and many other contemporary scholars in geography, history and archaeology can be seen in the development of landscape studies and advances in the understanding of processes of geographical change.

This set of twelve previously unpublished essays on historical geography written by Darby in the 1960s explains the basis of his ideas.The material was intended by Darby as a book, but he failed to complete this in his lifetime.

The essays are divided into three quartets of studies relating to England, France and the United States.They are accompanied by contributions from Hugh Clout, T.J. Coppock, Hugh Prince and Michael Williams which both contextualize the material and bring it up-to-date. ... Read more


18. An Historical Geography of France (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography)
by Xavier de Planhol
Paperback: 592 Pages (2006-11-02)
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Asin: 0521031354
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In the first book of its kind to appear in the English language, two of France's leading scholars trace the historical geography of their country from its roots in the Roman province of Gaul to the present day. They demonstrate how, for centuries, France was little more than an ideological concept, and examine the relatively late development of a more complex territorial geography, involving political, religious, cultural, agricultural and industrial unities and diversities. Their conclusion is that it is only recently that France has achieved its territorial unity, and has overwritten the fragmentations of its past. ... Read more


19. Western Mediterranean Europe: A Historical Geography of Italy, Spain, and Southern France Since the Neolithic
by Catherine Delano-Smith
 Hardcover: 453 Pages (1980-04)
list price: US$126.00
Isbn: 0122104501
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20. Cartography in France, 1660-1848: Science, Engineering, and Statecraft
by Josef Konvitz
Hardcover: 214 Pages (1987-01-01)
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Asin: 0226450945
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French scientists, engineers, and public officials were responsible for the most important and distinctive innovations in cartography in eighteenth-century Europe. By expanding the analytical uses of maps, by establishing unprecedented standards of accuracy, and by nurturing institutional frameworks to sustain mapping projects over many years, the French contributed to one of the central concepts of modern times: that man, through direct observation and accumulated information can better understand and manage his affairs.

Concentrating on how and why new concepts and techniques of making and using maps were introduced, Josef Konvitz skillfully traces the modernization of cartography during the French Enlightenment. The story he unfolds is not merely a narrative of who did what, but an analysis of how the map itself influenced attitudes toward the land and the consequent effects on planning and the development of resources. Throughout, Konvitz demonstrates the significant relationship between cartography and political, economic, and military life. He emphasizes efforts to enlarge the practical applications of maps in government and the impact of government policy on the evolution of cartography.
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