Immigrant incorporation is a critical challenge for France and other European societies today. Black Africans migrants are racialized and endowed with an immigrant status, which carries low status and is durable into the second generation. This book elucidates the conflict and issues pertinent to so[...]

This study demonstrates that three subjects traditionally discussed separately - prostitution, hysteria and the popular novel - share a discourse of marginality and of female marginality in particular, central to the 19th-century experience in France. Studying representations of female sexuality and[...]

Robert O. Paxton's classic study of the aftermath of France's sudden collapse under Nazi invasion utilizes captured German archives and other contemporary materials to construct a strong and disturbing account of the Vichy period in France. With a new introduction and updated bibliography, Vichy Fr[...]

In March 2003, the United States and Great Britain invaded Iraq to put an end to the regime of Saddam Hussein. The war was launched without a United Nations mandate and was based on the erroneous claim that Iraq had retained weapons of mass destruction. France, under President Jacques Chirac and For[...]

Taking you via scenic routes, this book helps you discover charming villages, local restaurants and intimate places that France offers. It also helps you to unearth the real soul of France.[...]

Offers you the best things to see and do on a family holiday in France, from visiting magnificent sights such as the Eiffel Tower and Notre-Dame to exploring the treasures housed in the Louvre and the Palace of Versailles, and brings those places alive for children with fun facts, quizzes, and carto[...]

DK Eyewitness travel guides: award-winning guidebooksDiscover France with this essential travel guide, designed to help you create your own unique trip and to transport you to this beautiful country before you've even packed your case - wander the world-class museums of Paris, step back in time at V[...]

This stimulating and insightful book reveals how increased control over immigration has changed cultural and social production in theatre, literature, and even museum construction. Dominic Thomas's analysis unravels the complex cultural and political realities of long-standing mobility between Afric[...]