La Vie en bleu by Rod Kedward - ISBN: 9780140130959
Paperback
Modern France revealed: dramas, divides, and the politics of everyday life.

La Vie en bleu

France and the French since 1900

  • Paperback

    768 pages

  • Release Date

    29 June 2006

Summary

The ideal book for anyone visiting France.

Rod Kedward brings to life the great, and often terrible, dramas of modern France - the two cataclysmic wars, the Algerian disaster, the student and worker revolt of 1968 - but also explores the special worlds of the workplace, immigration, minorities, the role of women, and the politics of everyday life and collective memory.

La Vie en Bleu is a history of people and events that tells a multitude of stories, some impressive,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140130959
ISBN-10:0140130950
Author:Rod Kedward
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:768
Edition:1st
Release Date:29 June 2006
Weight:545g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 33mm
About The Author

Rod Kedward

Rod Kedward is the author of two works on the French Resistance, In Search of the Maquis and Resistance in Vichy France, as well as having written books on the Dreyfus Affair, fascism in western Europe and anarchism. He taught for many years at the University of Sussex, where he is now Emeritus Professor.

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