The shaping of French national identity : narrating the nation's past, 1715-1830

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Title
"The shaping of French national identity : narrating the nation's past, 1715-1830"
Statement of Responsibility
Matthew D'Auria
Publisher
  • Cambridge University Press
Publication Year
  • 2020
Book size
24 cm
Series Name / No
  • : hardback

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Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-446) and index

Summary: "In April 1684, the traveller, diplomat, and essayist, François Bernier (1625-1688), anonymously published in the Journal des sçavans his 'Nouvelle division de la terre, par les différentes espèces ou races d'hommes qui l'habitent'. He there made the case that although geographers had always divided the earth into countries and regions, thanks to his travels he now believed that another kind of mapping was possible:"-- Provided by publisher

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