At the Border: Margins and Peripheries in Modern France

For decades, France has been considered one of the world's first and most fully formed nation-states--providing a global model of state-centered modernity. Events in recent years, however, such as the long-term presence of France's North African population, the growth of Islam as France's second-largest religion, the development of anti-centrist regional movements, and growing debates about French sexual and social identities have endowed the theme...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0708320767
• ISBN13: 9780708320761
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"