Realms of Memory: Traditions

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Pierre Nora, Lawrence D. Kritzman
Columbia University Press, 1996 - 591 pages
This text is the second of three volumes looking at the history of France. This volume examines how and why events and figures become part of a people's collective memory. It emphasizes the shared aspects of French history and cultural instrumental in the development of a national identity. It includes 14 essays on subjects ranging from Proust's Remembrance of Things Past to the Tour de France.
 

Contents

The Land Armand Frémont
3
The Court Jacques Revel
71
37
81
IV
125
V
151
VI
170
Marcel Prousts Remembrance of Things Past Antoine Compagnon
211
SINGULARITIES
247
X
333
Street Names Daniel Milo
363
The Pulpit the Rostrum and the Bar Jean Starobinski
391
Gastronomy Pascal
443
The Tour de France Georges Vigarello
469
Notes
501
Index of Names
534
Index of Subjects
558

IX
307

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About the author (1996)

Pierre Nora is Editorial Director of Editions Gallimand. He is editor of the journal Le Debat and is Directeur D'Etudes at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.