Why France?: American Historians Reflect on an Enduring Fascination

by Stephane Gerson and Laura Lee Downs

Book Overview

France has long attracted the attention of many of America's most accomplished historians. The field of French history has been vastly influential in American thought, both within the academy and beyond, regardless of France's standing among U.S. political and cultural elites. Even though other countries, from Britain to China, may have had a greater impact on American history, none has exerted quite the same hold on the American historical imagination,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801444144
• ISBN13: 9780801444142
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher