HISTORY 159 - Rethinking Difference:Modern France

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Bard College

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Africana Studies, French Studies The French nation gave birth to itself in 1789, but would be reborn as its colonial relations forced new ideas about the progress of its political identity. This course is a survey of French politics, society, and economy in the 19th and 20th centuries, from the French and Haitian Revolutions to the imperialist "civilizing mission" (especiallyin West Africa), and on to the fall of France in Indochina and its defeat in the Algerian War. Making France modern proved to involve far more than a republican legacy and industrialization. The rise of the French intellectual, the reformulation of gender roles, the politics of race, and revolution and resistance in overseas territories all contributed to give France the most strongly articulated modern identity in Europe.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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