Philippe Aries and the Politics of French Cultural History

by Patrick H. Hutton

A revealing study of one of the twentieth century's most original and influential historians; The author of Centuries of Childhood and other landmark historical works, Philippe Aries (1914-1984) was a singular figure in French intellectual life. He was both a political reactionary and a path-breaking scholar, a sectarian royalist who supported the Vichy regime and a founder of the new cultural history - popularly known as l'histoire des mentalites...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558494634
• ISBN13: 9781558494633
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 14.5" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher