An Historical Geography Of France
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An Historical Geography Of France
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Author : Xavier de Planhol
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1994-03-17
An Historical Geography Of France written by Xavier de Planhol and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-03-17 with History categories.
In this 1994 book, Xavier de Planhol and Paul Claval, two of France's leading scholars in the field, trace the historical geography of their country from its roots in the Roman province of Gaul to the 1990s. They demonstrate how, for centuries, France was little more than an ideological concept, despite its natural physical boundaries and long territorial history. They examine the relatively late development of a more complex territorial geography, involving political, religious, cultural, agricultural and industrial unities and diversities. The conclusion reached is that only in the twentieth century had France achieved a profound territorial unity and only now are the fragmentations of the past being overwritten.
Themes In The Historical Geography Of France
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Author : Hugh D. Clout
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2013-10-02
Themes In The Historical Geography Of France written by Hugh D. Clout and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-02 with Business & Economics categories.
Themes in the Historical Geography of France compiles several selected themes in the historical geography of France. This book discusses the practice of historical geography in France; peopling and the origins of settlement; early urban development; and retreat of rural settlement. The regional contrasts in agrarian structure; reclamation of coastal marshland; petite culture on 1750-1850; and reclamation of wasteland during the 18th and 19th centuries are also elaborated. This compilation likewise covers the historical geography of Western France; urban growth on 1500-1900; and agricultural change and industrial development in the 18th and 19th centuries. This publication is beneficial to historians and geographers aiming to acquire knowledge of the historical geography of France.
The Discovery Of France A Historical Geography
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Author : Graham Robb
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2008-10-17
The Discovery Of France A Historical Geography written by Graham Robb and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-17 with History categories.
"A witty, engaging narrative style…[Robb's] approach is particularly engrossing." —New York Times Book Review A narrative of exploration—full of strange landscapes and even stranger inhabitants—that explains the enduring fascination of France. While Gustave Eiffel was changing the skyline of Paris, large parts of France were still terra incognita. Even in the age of railways and newspapers, France was a land of ancient tribal divisions, prehistoric communication networks, and pre-Christian beliefs. French itself was a minority language. Graham Robb describes that unknown world in arresting narrative detail. He recounts the epic journeys of mapmakers, scientists, soldiers, administrators, and intrepid tourists, of itinerant workers, pilgrims, and herdsmen with their millions of migratory domestic animals. We learn how France was explored, charted, and colonized, and how the imperial influence of Paris was gradually extended throughout a kingdom of isolated towns and villages. The Discovery of France explains how the modern nation came to be and how poorly understood that nation still is today. Above all, it shows how much of France—past and present—remains to be discovered. A New York Times Notable Book, Publishers Weekly Best Book, Slate Best Book, and Booklist Editor's Choice.
The Land Of France 1815 1914
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Author : Hugh D. Clout
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-07-06
The Land Of France 1815 1914 written by Hugh D. Clout and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-06 with History categories.
This book, first published in 1983, attempts to examine the rural change in France between 1815 and 1914 with a sustained and explicit spatial approach. This volume represents a position in which space and time are meshed in an analysis of the forces underlying land-use and other changes that have contributed much to the making of the French landscape. In this book the shift from the rural economy towards the urban markets in this period is examined thoroughly, using the vast statistical record of cadastral surveys and agricultural enquiries as well as contemporary reports and agricultural journals. The detailed mapping of historical data is a major feature of the treatment. As a scholarly account of a major topic in historical geography, The Land of France 1815-1914 should appear to all students and researchers with interests in historical and rural geography and economic history and especially those specialising in European studies.
The Discovery Of France
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Author : Graham Robb
language : en
Publisher: Picador USA
Release Date : 2007
The Discovery Of France written by Graham Robb and has been published by Picador USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
It's easy to reduce France to the sum of its parts: weekend breaks amid the culture of Paris or summer holidays basking in the sunshine of the south; accounts of the Revolution -- Madame Defarge knitting beside the guillotine -- and Napoleon's battle at Waterloo (mis)remembered from school history lessons; a country famous for its intellectuals, its philosophers and writers, its fashion, food and wine. Despite this, however, the notion of 'the French' as one nation is relatively recent and -- historically speaking -- quite misleading; in order to discover the 'real' past of France, it's not only necessary to go back in time, but also to go at a slower pace than modern life generally allows: this book is the result of 14,000 miles covered by bicycle (and four years spent in the library). It is -- at last -- a book which tells the whole story. Praise for Robb's last novel, Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century: ‘Funny, enterprisingly researched, and undertaken with few apparent preconceptions . . This is an excellent, amusing, decent book, which covers an enormous amount of ground in a little space’ Philp Hensher, Spectator ‘A fascinating study of a complex subject, written with humanity, sceptical intelligence and an impressive command of the sources’ Daily Telegraph ‘A fascinating mix of personal testimony and judiciously filleted history’ The Times
An Historical Geography Of Europe
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Author : Robin Alan Butlin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1998
An Historical Geography Of Europe written by Robin Alan Butlin and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Europe categories.
A Historical Geography of Europe provides an analytical and explanatory account of European historical geography from classical times to the modern period, including the vast changes to landscape, settlements, population, and in political and cultural structures and character that have taken place since 1500. The text takes account of the volume of relevant research and literature that has been published over the past two or three decades, in order to achieve a coverage and synthesis of this very broad range of evidence and opinion, and has tried to engage with many of the main themes and debates to give a clear indication of changing ideas and interpretations of the subject.
An Historical Geography Of Europe 1500 1840
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Author : Norman John Greville Pounds
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1979
An Historical Geography Of Europe 1500 1840 written by Norman John Greville Pounds and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with History categories.
This book seeks to examine the complex of natural and man-made features that have influenced the course of history and have been influenced by it. It spans the period from the early sixteenth century to the eve of the Industrial Revolution in continental Europe, approximately 1500 to 1840.
The Relations Of History And Geography
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Author : Henry Clifford Darby
language : en
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Release Date : 2002
The Relations Of History And Geography written by Henry Clifford Darby and has been published by University of Exeter Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
This set of twelve previously unpublished essays on historical geography written by Darby in the 1960s explains the basis of his ideas. The essays are divided into three quartets of studies relating to England, France and the United States.
The Historical Geography Of Europe
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Author : Edward A. Freeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
The Historical Geography Of Europe written by Edward A. Freeman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with Europe categories.
The Historical Geography Of Europe
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Author : Edward Augustus Freeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
The Historical Geography Of Europe written by Edward Augustus Freeman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with Europe categories.