Modern France by Malcolm Cook

Modern France by Malcolm Cook

Modern France is an up-to-date and accessible introduction to the nature of French society at the end of the twentieth century. The book examines the transition of France and French life as the nation moves from an industrial to a post-industrial economy, and the cultural and social dislocations that such an evoltuion implies. Sociological concepts and categories of class, race, gender, age and region are discussed as well as how they combine together to produce inequalities and identities. These concepts are then applied to a range of issues such as work, politics, education, health, religion and leisure. Modern France reveals the nature of French society at a critical moment in her evolution and how a member of the European Union reflects distinctiveness and commonality in the development of Europe as a whole.

'Deserves the attention of any reader interested in keeping abreast of recent cultural developments in France' - Alice J. Strange, French Review, May 2001

Malcolm Cook est professeur de francais a l'Universite d'Exeter. Auteur de livres sur Lesage, la fiction revolutionnaire et la presentation de la realite dans la fiction en France, il travaille maintenant sur les manuscrits de Bernardin de Saint-Pierre et dirige l'equipe qui prepare une edition critique de sa correspondance.
Annie Jourdan est chargee de cours et de recherches a l'Universite d'Amsterdam dans le Departement des Etudes Europeennes. Elle travaille sur la Revolution francaise et le Premier Empire et sur la periode francaise aux Pays-Bas.

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ISBN 13	9780415154321
ISBN 10	0415154324
Title	Modern France
Author	Malcolm Cook
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	1998-12-17
Number of pages	296
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