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Freemasonry prescribed for its members a supra-religious, supra-national philosophic universalism. Dorothy Ann Lipson examines its reception and adaptation in America, where its rapid spread was one index of increasing local diversity and cultural change. After tracing the English origins of Masonry, the author focuses on its development in post-R

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Provides a unique perspective on the Allied bombing of France during the Second World War which killed around 57,000 French civilians. Using oral history and archival research, it provides an insight into children's wartime lives in which bombing often featured prominently, even though it has slipped out of French collective memory.

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Chronicles the design of Dakar as a regional capital, and suggests a connection between the French colonial doctrines of assimilation and association and French colonial planning and architectural policies in sub-Saharan Africa. -- .

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By investigating representations of the war years in a selection of French crime novels from the mid-1940s to the present day, this book argues for the importance of crime fiction, and popular culture more generally, as active agents of memory in the ongoing debates over the legacies of the war years in contemporary France. -- .

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Exploring the uniforms and equipment of the Legion, and featuring full color artwork, this is an invaluable resource for modelers and wargamers, as well as students of this famous corps.

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Split into three sections, this volume covers: the Legion in World War I; the colonial campaigns between the World Wars; and the Legion prior to the fall of France and the remaining 13e Demi-Brigade serving with the Free French in North Africa.

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The Russian Jaeger regiments and Napoleon's Young Guard clashed repeatedly during the campaigns of 1812-14. This book traces the evolving trial of strength between Russia's Jaeger arm and France's Young Guardsmen at the height of the Napoleonic Wars.

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The contributors to this history of modern France aim to present diversity but in a way that is comprehensible: to keep the colours and textures of the period but within a recognizable political context.

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Based on a memoir by an officer named D'Artagnan, Dumas published "The Three Musketeers". The King's Musketeers were formed in 1622 and were populated by young men of noble birth, but often of poorer means. This title explores the history behind the legends created by Dumas.

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Provides an analysis of the preparation of the French troops from manual regulations to the training ground, as well as a study of the changing quality of command and control within the army. This book explores the role of the French infantry at the apex of their powers and their role in these key battles.

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This title draws on contemporary testimonies of life in Napoleon's army, documenting the realities of conscription, training, camp life and combat action for the common infantry soldier. It calls into question the propagandist views expounded by numerous Bonapartists.

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A fully illustrated study of the colorful regiments raised for France's late 19th-century colonial wars in Africa and Vietnam, which will appeal to modelers, wargamers, and students of late 19th-century colonial warfare.

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During World War One the French Army was in a state of disarray, plagued by indiscipline, mutinies and desertion. The ordinary French citizens that were called upon to defend their motherland - the Poilu - were disrespected and demoralized. This title charts the history of the Poilu.

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While careful attention has been paid to the overthrow of the July Monarchy and to the subsequent development of radicalism under the Second Republic, little research has been done on the counterrevolutionary activity that preceded Louis Napoleon's seizure of power. Thomas Forstenzer revises the standard and current interpretations of social and po

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This Reader aims to capture the range of activities on which historians are engaged. It tries to identify those books and articles that may come to be seen as benchmarks. There are five sections: Interpretations and debates; Socio-cultural approaches; Gender in the public sphere; Revolutionary politics; The crowd, terror and counter-terror.

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The origins of Napoleon's world-beating army lay in that of the French Revolution. This title provides a detailed explanation of how Napoleon's army was 'invented'.

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This work concentrates on the period from the storming of the Bastile in 1789 until Bonaparte's election as Consul for Life in 1802. It provides a portrait of military life during the Revolution and beyond, with quotations from the memoirs who served during the "Wars of Liberty".

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French society in revolution aims to retrieve the social history of the French Revolution from neglect. This study plots a narrative course through a turbulent time, examining both the structural and cultural elements behind the breakdown of the eighteenth-century monarchic state and its aristocratic social system.