Histories: French Constructions of the Past, Volume 1

Jacques Revel, Lynn Avery Hunt, Ramona Naddaff, University Lynn Hunt

New Press, 1995 - History - 654 pages

The period from 1945 has been one of the most intellectually fruitful in French history. Entirely new approaches to a number of fields have been developed, and the influence of French thinkers has resonated throughout the West, in many ways reformulating the approach to modern knowledge.

About the author

Arthur Goldhammer is the translator for numerous books including Neoconservatism: The Biography of a Movement, Algerian Chronicles, The Society of Equals, and Capital in the Twenty-First Century. He received the French-American Translation Prize in 1990 for his translation of A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Histories: French Constructions of the Past, Volume 1; Volume 1 of DE-601)279399537: New Press postwar French thought series; Histories: French Constructions of the Past, Jacques Revel; Volume 1 of New Press postwar French thought series, Lynn Avery Hunt; Volume 1 of Postwar French Thought Series
• Editors: Jacques Revel, Lynn Avery Hunt, Ramona Naddaff, University Lynn Hunt
• Translated by: Arthur Goldhammer, Senior Affiliate Center for European Studies Arthur Goldhammer
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: New Press, 1995
• ISBN: 1565841956, 9781565841956
• Length: 654 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / France