Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-446) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Narrating the Nation: From the Nineteenth to the Eighteenth Century -- Part I: 1. Race, Blood, and Lineage: The Nobility's National Narrative and the History of France -- 2. History and Race: The Subject of Boulainvilliers's National Narrative -- 3. Debating the Nation's History: From Royal(ist) to Ethnic Origins -- Part II: 4. Thinking the Nation's Character: At the Crossroads of Literature, Anthropology, and History -- 5. Moral and Physical Causes: Montesquieu's History of Nations -- 6. Discussing the Nation's History: Franks, Gauls, and the French Character -- Part III: 7. Classifying the Nation: The Past(s) of 'Social Classes' Before and After the Revolution -- 8. A Bourgeois National Narrative: On Augustin Thierry's R<U+fffd>eforme Historique -- 9. Debating the Nation's Past(s): Giving the Bourgeoisie its History -- Conclusion: About Renan-Deciding the Nation's Identity.
Summary:
"In April 1684, the traveller, diplomat, and essayist, Fran<U+fffd>cois Bernier (1625-1688), anonymously published in the Journal des s<U+fffd>cavans his 'Nouvelle division de la terre, par les diff<U+fffd>erentes esp<U+fffd>eces ou races d'hommes qui l'habitent'. He there made the case that although geographers had always divided the earth into countries and regions, thanks to his travels he now believed that another kind of mapping was possible:"-- Provided by publisher.
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