Place and Locality in Modern France

<i>Place and Locality in Modern France</i> analyses the significance and changing constructions of local place in modern France. Drawing on the expertise of a range of scholars from around the world this book provides a timely overview of the cross-disciplinary thinking that is currently taking place over a central issue in French history.<br/><br/>The contributed chapters address a range of subjects that include: <br/><br/> the politics of administrative reform decentralization regionalism and local advocacy; <br/><br/> the role of commerce in engendering narratives and experience of local place;<br/><br/> the importance of ethnic class gender and race distinctions in shaping local connection and identity;<br/><br/> the generation and transmission of knowledge about local place and culture through academia civic heritage and popular memory. <br/><br/>As a reconsideration of the 'local' in French history <i>Place and Locality in Modern France</i> bridges the divide between micro- and macro-history for all those interested in ideas of locality and culture in modern French and European history.