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PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-10067493539X

ISBN-139780674935396

eBay Product ID (ePID)5038730257

Product Key Features

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameVichy Syndrome : History and Memory in France since 1944

SubjectEurope / France, Military / General, Europe / General

Publication Year1994

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaHistory

AuthorHenry Rousso

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition20

ReviewsRousso has set out to provide not just another narrative of les annÉes noires--the years of defeat, occupation, of the phantom 'French State' and the civil war--but a study of the way the Vichy episode has been perceived and perverted by the French ever since. The result is a brilliant and intemperate book that is also a tract for the times., Rousso has set out to provide not just another narrative of les années noires --the years of defeat, occupation, of the phantom 'French State' and the civil war--but a study of the way the Vichy episode has been perceived and perverted by the French ever since. The result is a brilliant and intemperate book that is also a tract for the times., This is an original and thought-provoking work, a 'must' for anyone interested in the political and cultural psychology of post-war France., Succeeds as a practical demonstration, for a particularly vivid case, of how to study a people grappling with a past. It is remarkable how few similar works there are...One understands a historian's hesitation before the poorly documented and ill-defined wider popular memory as a subject. Rousso shows us, however, how dramatic and revealing this genre can be.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal944.082

SynopsisFrom the Liberation purges to the Barbie trial, France has struggled with the memory of the Vichy experience: a memory of defeat, occupation, and repression. In this provocative study, Henry Rousso examines how this proud nation has dealt with les années noires . Specifically, he studies what the French have chosen to remember--and to conceal., From the Liberation purges to the Barbie trial, France has struggled with the memory of the Vichy experience: a memory of defeat, occupation, and repression. In this provocative study, Henry Rousso examines how this proud nation--a nation where reality and myth commingle to confound understanding--has dealt with les ann es noires . Specifically, he studies what the French have chosen to remember--and to conceal., From the Liberation purges to the Barbie trial, France has struggled with the memory of the Vichy experience: a memory of defeat, occupation, and repression. In this provocative study, Henry Rousso examines how this proud nation--a nation where reality and myth commingle to confound understanding--has dealt with les années noires . Specifically, he studies what the French have chosen to remember--and to conceal.