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  • Decolonizing the Republic

    African and Caribbean Migrants in Postwar Paris, 1946–1974

    by Félix F. Germain ...
    Series series Ruth Simms Hamilton African Diaspora
    Decolonizing the Republic is a conscientious discussion of the African diaspora in Paris in the post–World War II period. This book is the first to examine the intersection of black activism and the migration of Caribbeans and Africans to Paris during this era and, as Patrick Manning notes in the foreword, successfully shows how “black Parisians—in their daily labors, weekend celebrations, and ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

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  • What Is a Canadian?

    Forty-Three Thought-Provoking Responses

    Edited by Irvin Studin ...
    Each of these essays begins with the words “A Canadian is . . .”. Each one is very different, producing a fascinating book for all thinking Canadians.Irvin Studin is an idealistic young Canadian who wanted to do something extraordinary for his country. So he decided to approach leading Canadians — he calls them “sages” — to tell us what they believe defines us. The people who responded eagerly, to ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Twilight of the Elites

    Prosperity, the Periphery, and the Future of France

    by Christophe Guilluy ...
    A passionate account of how the gulf between France's metropolitan elites and its working classes are tearing the country apartChristophe Guilluy, a French geographer, makes the case that France has become an "American society"—one that is both increasingly multicultural and increasingly unequal. The divide between the global economy's winners and losers in today's France has replaced the old ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Empire Within

    Postcolonial Thought and Political Activism in Sixties Montreal

    by Sean Mills ...
    Series Book 23 - Studies on the History of Quebec/Études d'histoire du Québec
    In a brilliant history of a turbulent time and place, Mills pulls back the curtain on the decade's activists and intellectuals, showing their engagement both with each other and with people from around the world. He demonstrates how activists of different backgrounds and with different political aims drew on ideas of decolonization to rethink the meanings attached to the politics of sex, race, and ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • In Defiance

    by Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois ...
    Translated by Lazer Lederhendler ...
    On February 7, 2012, as students in Quebec prepared to vote to go on strike, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois gave a rousing speech: “What you do today will be remembered. The decision you make will tell future generations who we were. And you already know what is being said today about our generation. That we are the generation of comfort and indifference, the generation of cash and iPods; that we are ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Ready-to-Wear and Ready-to-Work

    A Century of Industry and Immigrants in Paris and New York

    by Nancy L. Green, Andrew Gordon, Daniel James, Alexander Keyssar ...
    Series series Comparative and International Working-Class History
    Nancy L. Green offers a critical and lively look at New York’s Seventh Avenue and the Parisian Sentier in this first comparative study of the two historical centers of the women’s garment industry. Torn between mass production and "art," this industry is one of the few manufacturing sectors left in the service-centered cities of today. Ready-to-Wear and Ready-to-Work tells the story of urban ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Colonial Culture in France since the Revolution

    Edited by Pascal Blanchard, Sandrine Lemaire, Nicolas Bancel, Dominic Thomas ...
    This landmark collection by an international group of scholars and public intellectuals represents a major reassessment of French colonial culture and how it continues to inform thinking about history, memory, and identity. This reexamination of French colonial culture, provides the basis for a revised understanding of its cultural, political, and social legacy and its lasting impact on ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • White Thinking

    'Profound' The Sunday Times

    by Lilian Thuram ...
    Translated by David Murphy, Aedín Ní Loingsigh, Cristina Johnston ...
    'Profound' The Sunday Times'Truly Significant' The Independent'Ambitious' The ConversationWhat does it mean to be white? Beyond just a skin colour, is it also a way of thinking? If so, how did it come about, and why?In this book, drawing on history, personal experience and activist literature, the former footballer and World Champion Lilian Thuram looks at the origins and workings of white ... Read more

    $9.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Social Laboratory for Modern France

    The Musée Social and the Rise of the Welfare State

    by Janet R. Horne ...
    As a nineteenth-century think tank that sought answers to France’s pressing “social question,” the Musée Social reached across political lines to forge a reformist alliance founded on an optimistic faith in social science. In A Social Laboratory for Modern France Janet R. Horne presents the story of this institution, offering a nuanced explanation of how, despite centuries of deep ideological ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Contemporary France

    An Introduction to French Politics and Society

    by David Howarth, Georgios Varouxakis ...
    At least since the French Revolution, France has the peculair distinction of simultaneously fascinating, charming and exasperating its neighbours and foreign observers. Contemporary France provides an essential introduction for students of French politics and society, exploring contemporary developments while placing them in a deeper historical, intellectual, cultural and social context that makes ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Populist Century

    History, Theory, Critique

    by Pierre Rosanvallon ...
    Translated by Catherine Porter ...
    Populism is an expression of anger; its appeal stems from being presented as the solution to disorder in our times. The vision of democracy, society, and the economy it offers is coherent and attractive.At a time when the words and slogans of the left have lost much of their power to inspire, Pierre Rosanvallon takes populism for what it is: the rising ideology of the twenty-first century. In The ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Breadwinners and Citizens

    Gender in the Making of the French Social Model

    by Laura Levine Frader ...
    Laura Levine Frader’s synthesis of labor history and gender history brings to the fore failures in realizing the French social model of equality for all citizens. Challenging previous scholarship, she argues that the male breadwinner ideal was stronger in France in the interwar years than scholars have typically recognized, and that it had negative consequences for women’s claims to the full ... Read more

    $28.79 USD