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Histories of French Sexuality contends that the history of sexuality is at a crossroads. Decades of scholarship have shown that sexuality is implicated in a wide range of topics, such as studies of reproduction, the body, sexual knowledge, gender identity, marriage, and sexual citizenship. These studies have broadened historical narratives and interpretations of areas such as urbanization, the family, work, class, empire, the military and war, and the nation. Yet while the field has evolved, not everyone has caught on, especially scholars of French history. Covering the early eighteenth century through the present, the essays in Histories of French Sexuality show how attention to the history of sexuality deepens, changes, challenges, supports, or otherwise complicates the major narratives of French history. This volume makes a set of historical arguments about the nature of the past and a larger historiographical claim about the value and place of the field of the history of sexuality within the broader discipline of history. The topics include early empire-building, religion, the Enlightenment, feminism, socialism, formation of the modern self, medicine, urbanization, decolonization, the social world of postwar France, and the rise of modern and social media.

Frantz Fanon has influenced generations of activists and scholars. His life's work continues to be debated and discussed around the world. This book is an event: an international, interdisciplinary collection of debates and interventions by leading scholars and intellectuals from Africa, Europe and the United States.

01 02 Napoleon was much more than a warlord consumed by vanity and ambition. He was the very spirit of the militant Revolution. Virtually everything he did during the fifteen years of his preponderance was derived from and linked to the French Revolution. Much of his hold over contemporaries was his embodiment of the aspirations as well as the boundless energy of the Revolution. Even his enemies, foreign and domestic, were fascinated by the man and uniformly saw him as 'the Revolution on horseback'. He fought off vengeful reactionary powers long enough for the Revolution to sink deep and permanent roots in France. The Allies who finally defeated Napoleon found it impossible to undo his subversive work - the genii of the Revolution was out of the bottle, and for good. Through his incessant table talk and dictated autobiography he focused the attention of posterity, inculcating his version of himself, events, and their significance. 08 02 'David Jordan has a clear thesis - that Napoleon not only inherited the political changes made possible by the French Revolution but inadvertantly helped to make them permanent. The book is written with a certain panache, and Napoleon emerges as a more complex figure than has been suggested by many of his biographers' - Professor Alan Forrest, University of York, UK 04 02 Preface Acknowledgements Prologue: Napoleon and the French Revolution Becoming a Revolutionary First Revolutionary Steps Italy the Imperial Revolution Egypt Power Entr'acte: Revolution and Empire The Weapons of Revolution Entr'acte: A Sighting in Jena Napoleon at Zenith Entr'acte: Napoleon and the Political Culture of the French Revolution Catastrophe and Decline Entr'acte: Napoleon Explains the Revolution Napoleon Brought to Bay Ending the Revolution Entr'acte: Reputation The End of the End Game Death and Rebirth Epilogue: Napoleon and the Revolutionary Tradition Appendix: Some Remarks about Arsenic Poisoning Notes Bibliography 02 02 This new study of Napoleon emphasizes his ties to the French Revolution, his embodiment of its militancy, and his rescue of its legacies. Jordan's work illuminates all aspects of his fabulous career, his views of the Revolution and history, the artists who created and embellished his image, and much of his talk about himself and his achievements. 13 02 DAVID P. JORDAN was born in Detroit, Michigan and educated at the University of Michigan and Yale University, USA. He is the author of books on Edward Gibbon, the French Revolution, and Paris, is a passionate chamber music player and lives with his wife and daughter in Chicago, where he taught for many years. 19 02 The book makes the argument for Napoleon as the inadvertent saviour of the French Revolution, a thesis that has not hitherto been argued in this way The story of his fabulous career stressing his cultural achievements as well as his more traditional political and military accomplishments The structure of the book, using topical chapters (the Entr'actes) to interrupt the chronological narrative not only distinguishes the work from the more conventional treatments of Napoleon but explores topics not usually tackled in biographies 31 02 A study of Napoleon that argues he was not merely the heir of the Revolution but its embodiment, and his career, largely inadvertently, preserved its principle achievements

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Richelieu en moins d'une heure! Haï et critiqué par le peuple de son vivant, le cardinal de Richelieu est devenu, après sa mort, une sorte de légende. Considéré comme le modèle par excellence du ministre dévoué à l'État, il a préparé, tout au long de sa carrière politique, la grandeur à venir de la France. Ayant gagné la confiance de Louis XIII, il lance un vaste programme politique visant à pacifier le pays, en proie à de nombreux troubles, mais aussi à le protéger de ses ennemis extérieurs, les Habsbourg. Mais ses ambitions ont un coût, et la France se voit bientôt ruinée. D'où la colère des citoyens, qui fêtent sa mort en allumant des feux de joie un peu partout sur le territoire... A-t-il mérité une telle haine? Ce livre vous permettra d'en savoir plus sur: •La vie de Richelieu •Le contexte de l'époque •Les temps forts de la vie du Cardinal •Les conséquences de sa politique Le mot de l'éditeur: « Dans ce numéro de la collection 50MINUTES Grandes Personnalités, David Cusin raconte la vie du cardinal de Richelieu et la politique qu'il a menée pour donner à la France toute sa grandeur. Gravissant peu à peu les échelons du pouvoir grâce, notamment, à Marie de Médicis, Richelieu atteint le Conseil du roi et, pendant près de 18 ans, dirige le royaume de France aux côtés de Louis XIII. Voilà une destinée bien originale pour un homme devenu évêque de Luçon suite au désistement de son frère! Mais qu'importe, animé d'une ambition sans limite et travailleur acharné, il n'aura de cesse de se battre pour restaurer la souveraineté royale et, ce faisant, prépare l'ère du Roi-Soleil. » Stéphanie Dagrain À PROPOS DE LA SÉRIE 50MINUTES | Grandes Personnalités La série Grandes Personnalités de la collection « 50MINUTES » présente plus de cinquante hommes et femmes qui ont marqué l'histoire d'une manière ou d'une autre. Chaque livre a été pensé pour les lecteurs curieux qui veulent faire le tour d'un sujet précis, tout en allant à l'essentiel, et ce en moins d'une heure. Nos auteurs combinent les faits historiques

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Lafayette en moins d'une heure! Parti en Amérique contre la volonté de son entourage et même du roi, Lafayette, tout juste âgé de 20 ans, se lance à corps perdu dans la guerre d'indépendance. Son engagement précoce, son indéfectibilité et son talent militaire feront de lui un véritable héros, celui des deux mondes. Animé par les valeurs américaines que sont la liberté, l'égalité des droits et des devoirs, il n'aura de cesse de les défendre à son retour en France, alors que le pays connaît lui aussi sa Révolution. Il est de tous les combats menés pour la liberté, celle qu'il chérit tant. Ce livre vous permettra d'en savoir plus sur: •La vie de Lafayette •Le contexte de l'époque •Les temps forts de la vie de Lafayette •Les conséquences de ses actions Le mot de l'éditeur: « Dans ce numéro de la collection 50MINUTES Grandes Personnalités, Hadrien Nafilyan dresse un portrait passionnant d'un Lafayette ardent défenseur de la liberté et de la justice. Véritable star aux États-Unis, sa mémoire est célébrée chaque année depuis sa mort par l'ambassadeur des États-Unis en France. Et pour cause, les Américains le considèrent comme un véritable héros, lui qui a traversé le monde pour défendre leurs idéaux. La légende de Lafayette ne se ternira pas de sitôt. » Stéphanie Dagrain À PROPOS DE LA SÉRIE 50MINUTES | Grandes Personnalités La série Grandes Personnalités de la collection « 50MINUTES » présente plus de cinquante hommes et femmes qui ont marqué l'histoire d'une manière ou d'une autre. Chaque livre a été pensé pour les lecteurs curieux qui veulent faire le tour d'un sujet précis, tout en allant à l'essentiel, et ce en moins d'une heure. Nos auteurs combinent les faits historiques, les analyses et les nouvelles perspectives pour rendre accessibles des siècles d'histoire.

Diary of the Dark Years is a sharply observed record of day-to-day life in occupied Paris, but far more: it is \"a remarkable essay on courage and cowardice\" (Wall Street Journal), expressing both shame at French collaboration with the Nazis and the stubborn resistance of an intellectual under great pressure.

A bold new history of the rise and expansion of the Norman Dynasty across Europe from Byzantium to England In the eleventh century the climate was improving, population was growing, and people were on the move. The Norman dynasty ranged across Europe, led by men who achieved lasting fame like William the Conqueror and Robert Guiscard. These figures cultivated an image of unstoppable Norman success and their victories make for a great story, but how much of it is true? In this insightful history, Judith Green challenges old certainties and explores the reality of Norman life across the continent. There were many soldiers of fortune, but their successes were down to timing, good luck, and ruthless leadership. Green shows the Normans' profound impact, from drastic change in England to laying the foundations for unification in Sicily, to their contribution to the First Crusade. Going beyond the familiar, she looks at personal dynastic relationships and the important part women played in what at first sight seems a resolutely masculine world.

One of the most unusual decisions of the leaders of the French Revolution - and one that had immense practical as well as symbolic impact - was to abandon customarily-accepted ways of calculating date and time to create a Revolutionary calendar. The experiment lasted from 1793 to 1805, and prompted all sorts of questions about the nature of time, ways of measuring it and its relationship to individual, community, communication and creative life. This study traces the course of the Revolutionary Calendar, from its cultural origins to its decline and fall. Tracing the parallel stories of the calendar and the literary genius of its creator, Sylvain Maréchal, from the Enlightenment to the Napoleonic era, Sanja Perovic reconsiders the status of the French Revolution as the purported 'origin' of modernity, the modern experience of time, and the relationship between the imagination and political action.

01 02 While overseas Americans are often seen as short-term corporate transferees or backpackers, there are many other Americans – estimates range from 2 to 7 million – living overseas. Migrants or Expatriates? Americans in Europe examines the migration, integration and transnational engagement of Americans living in France, Germany and the United Kingdom. What has led them to leave the United States? How does their integration in Europe proceed? This book explores both of these questions, while also examining the case of overseas American political engagement in the United States. Drawing on almost 900 survey responses and over 100 in-depth interviews carried out with Americans in Berlin, Paris and London, Migrants or Expatriates? challenges assumptions about who overseas Americans are, and, more broadly, who migrants are. 02 02 This book examines the migration, integration and transnational activity of overseas Americans – American migrants – in France, Germany and the UK. It examines the reasons for their migration, introduces the concept of 'accidental migrant' and explores the question of overseas Americans' integration and identity formation. 13 02 Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels is the Director of the MA in International Migration, University of Kent at Brussels, Belgium. 19 02 Examines North-North migration Will build profile for the series in the US, and build US audience for the series Explores difference between 'migrants' and 'ex-pats' 04 02 1. Introduction 2. Profiles 3. The Accidental Migrant 4. Socio-Economic Transnationalism and Integration 5. Identity 6. Political Transnationalism and Political Engagement 7. Activism in their Own Interest 8. Conclusion