If you're interested in France but haven't read much serious
analysis of the country's history and culture, "My France" should
become your France. -- David Shaw "Los Angeles Times Book
Review"
This book of essays is witness to the range of [Weber's] curiosity
and his ability to turn France into a window on the European world
and larger historical processes...The essays have an allusive,
elusive, thought-provoking quality. The reader comes away thinking,
if not agreeing. There are good phrases, keen, often mordant,
observations...[An] imaginative, intellectually rewarding book. --
David S. Landes "Times Literary Supplement"
Where other historians seek out patterns, categories, generalities
and change, [Weber] champions accident, detail, continuity and the
particular...Despite widely disparate subject matter [of these
essays]--ranging from an investigation of the origins of the
'Marseillaise' to an essay on political taxonomy--they form a
remarkably coherent whole, united by a consistent set of concerns
and a distinctive, highly personal style...Offcuts from a lifetime
of happy labor, these essays reveal an artisan at work, carefully
crafting products in the quality tradition of "articles de Paris."
No wonder the French like him. -- Tony Judt "New York Times Book
Review"
favorite-moments selection from a long and distinguished career. No
doubt Weber is "un fou de la France," but his love is deep, not
blind.
lifetime of happy labor, these essays reveal an artisan at work,
carefully crafting products in the quality tradition of "articles
de Paris." No wonder the French like him.
thought-provoking quality. The reader comes away thinking, if not
agreeing. There are good phrases, keen, often mordant,
observations...[An] imaginative, intellectually rewarding book.
A passionate, scholarly collection of essays on French politics,
culture, and myths from mid-19th to mid-20th century..."My France"
is pervaded by Weber's enthusiasm: it's like a favorite-moments
selection from a long and distinguished career. No doubt Weber is
"un fou de la France," but his love is deep, not blind. --
Christine Schwartz "Village Voice Literary Supplement"
This book of essays is witness to the range of ÝWeber's¨ curiosity
and his ability to turn France into a window on the European world
and larger historical processes...The essays have an allusive,
elusive, thought-provoking quality. The reader comes away thinking,
if not agreeing. There are good phrases, keen, often mordant,
observations...ÝAn¨ imaginative, intellectually rewarding book. --
David S. Landes "Times Literary Supplement"
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