About this title: This stimulating one-volume history traces the social and economic evolution of France as a nation from the founding of the monarchy in 987, to the present day. Against a broad background of structural change, Goubert etches vivid accounts of key events and personalities. His perspective is a popular one, and his main interest is in how political ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780531150542ISBN:0531150542
Description: Very Good. Excellent copy ~ 1st Printing ~ DJ in very good condition showing modest edgewear/rubbing, a minor tear to front panel spine edge & a minor chip to top edge of front panel ~ HC in excellent condition w/corners sharp ~ Inside pages clean ~ Binding tight & square ~ read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780415066716ISBN:0415066719
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Has creasing at the spine although pages are sewn in. Pages are a little tanned. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 336 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 1991-11-20
ISBN-13:9780415066716ISBN:0415066719
Description: Very Good. Pages are clean. Soft cover binding is secure. Cover is in nice condition. Orders packed carefully and shipped daily with tracking # emailed to you. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Franklin Watts Inc., New York NY
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780531150542ISBN:0531150542
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. HB/DJ, NF/NF, 495 pp. Mylar cover on DJ, tiny 1/8" chip at top spine corner. Book pages have two small light stains (1/8" by 1/2") on outside edges at rear. Professor Goubert's fascinating book is by no means restricted to the history of battles long ago. He deals stimulatingly with the economy, demography and the way of life of each main epoch. The book is well written, satirical and profound. read more
Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Franklin Watts Inc, New York
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780531150542ISBN:0531150542
Description: Good in Good jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET WRAPPED IN MYLAR. TAN HALF-CLOTH COVER. INTERIOR PAGES STAMPED "DISCARD" AND HAVE LIGHT FINGERING TO MARGINS WITH LIBRARY STAMPS MARKED OUT. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis(Routledge)
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780415066716ISBN:0415066719
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.213 by 6.142 inches. This stimulating one-volume history traces the social and economic evolution of france as a nation from 987 to the present day. this stimulating one-volume history traces the social and economic evolution of france as a nation from the founding of the monarchy in 987, to the present day. against a background of structural change, goubert etches a vivid account of key events and personalities. his perspective is a popular one, and his main interest is ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780415066716ISBN:0415066719
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: F. Watts
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780531150542ISBN:0531150542
Description: Good to Good Plus in Good to Good Plus jacket. 9 text pages have underlining in pen, the rest are unmarked. Outside page edges have some pen markings. Sound Binding. DJ has wome edge tearing. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Franklin Watts, New York: Toronto
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780531150542ISBN:0531150542
Description: Good in fair dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. DJ has ragged edges. Text in English, French. 495 p. Audience: General/trade. Indexed. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Franklin Watts, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780531150542ISBN:0531150542
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A clean, sound, attractive book with previous owner's embossed stamp on title page and light rub to spine covering. read more
"I read The Course of French History in preparation for a trip to Paris after seeing that it was recommended in Rick Steve's guidebook. The author, an economic historian, provides a macro-level view that is clearly intended for a French audience (this version is an English translation), and this did not really meet the needs of someone like myself, with a limited knowledge of French history. Assuming that most readers would be familiar with major figures and events, the book instead focused on major economic and cultural trends. (In fact, the most detailed sections were on the American Revolution.) This is certainly no criticism of the book, but it certainly wasn't the right text for me."
"Even-treatment of early modern France and the Revolution, but Goubert is writing for a French audience and his understandable biases really play out in the chapters on Louis XIV and the Revolutionary period. Still, his writing is lively and he makes 900 or so years of history just fly by. Mostly informative, although there are some interesting analyses of the Assemblies, the Jacobin Terror and some of the big guns throughout French history; e.g., Mazarin, Richelieu, Colbert and the lot. A great introduction, I can imagine this has become the standard text for any French studies course."
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