LEADER 05214nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910781434703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6487-0 010 $a0-8014-6481-1 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801464812 035 $a(CKB)2550000000072620 035 $a(EBL)3138285 035 $a(OCoLC)607665543 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000552278 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11351495 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000552278 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10564680 035 $a(PQKB)10249882 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28763 035 $a(DE-B1597)480054 035 $a(OCoLC)1013947313 035 $a(OCoLC)979904711 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801464812 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138285 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10516009 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL769604 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138285 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000072620 100 $a20060811d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWhy France?$b[electronic resource] $eAmerican historians reflect on an enduring fascination /$fwith an afterword by Roger Chartier ; edited by Laura Lee Downs and Ste?phane Gerson 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (250 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8014-7570-8 311 $a0-8014-4414-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction / $rDowns, Laura Lee / Gerson, Stéphane -- $t1. Medievalist and Francophile Despite Himself / $rBaldwin, John W. -- $t2. A Mid-Atlantic Identity / $rPaxton, Robert O. -- $t3. Tough Love for France / $rLebovics, Herman -- $t4. Fantasy Meets Reality: A Midwesterner Goes to Paris / $rHunt, Lynn -- $t5. Défense d'afficher . . . / $rKaplan, Steven Laurence -- $t6. France for Belgium / $rSpiegel, Gabrielle M. -- $t7. Why Paris? / $rDiefendorf, Barbara B. -- $t8. Catholic Connections, Jewish Relations, French Religion / $rKselman, Thomas -- $t9. Europe without Personal Angst / $rGoldstein, Jan -- $t10. France, a Political Romance / $rBerenson, Edward -- $t11. Choosing History, Discovering France / $rChapman, Herrick -- $t12. An African American in Paris / $rStovall, Tyler -- $t13. Writing at the Margins / $rSmith, Leonard V. -- $t14. It's Not About France / $rAlder, Ken -- $t15. Pilgrim's Progress: From Suburban Canada to Paris (via Montreal, Tokyo, and Tehran) / $rCrowston, Clare Haru -- $t16. Between Douai and the U.S.A. / $rShepard, Todd -- $tAfterword / $rChartier, Roger -- $tNotes -- $tList of Contributors 330 $aFrance 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, particularly in the post-1945 era. To gain a fresh perspective on this passionate relationship, Laura Lee Downs and Stéphane Gerson commissioned a diverse array of historians to write autobiographical essays in which they explore their intellectual, political, and personal engagements with France and its past. In addition to the essays, Why France? includes a lengthy introduction by the editors and an afterword by one of France's most distinguished historians, Roger Chartier. Taken together, these essays provide a rich and thought-provoking portrait of France, the Franco-American relationship, and a half-century of American intellectual life, viewed through the lens of the best scholarship on France.Contributors: Ken Alder, Northwestern University; John W. Baldwin, The Johns Hopkins University; Edward Berenson, New York University; Herrick Chapman, New York University; Roger Chartier, Ècole des Hautes Ètudes en Sciences Sociales; Clare Haru Crowston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Barbara Diefendorf, Boston University; Laura Lee Downs, Ècole des Hautes Ètudes en Sciences Sociales; Stéphane Gerson, New York University; Jan Goldstein, The University of Chicago; Lynn Hunt, UCLA; Steven Kaplan, Cornell University; Thomas Kselman, Notre Dame University; Herman Lebovics, SUNY Stony Brook; Robert Paxton, Columbia University; Todd Shepard, The Johns Hopkins University; Leonard V. Smith, Oberlin College; Gabrielle Spiegel, The Johns Hopkins University; Tyler Stovall, University of California, Berkeley 606 $aHistorians$zUnited States 606 $aAmericans$zFrance 607 $aFrance$xHistory$xStudy and teaching (Higher)$zUnited States 607 $aFrance$xHistoriography 615 0$aHistorians 615 0$aAmericans 676 $a944.0072/02 701 $aDowns$b Laura Lee$f1955-$01181662 701 $aGerson$b Ste?phane$01049094 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781434703321 996 $aWhy France$93672350 997 $aUNINA