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050	0	0	_aDC20.5 _b.R63 2007
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100	1		_aRobb, Graham _d(, 1958-)
245	1	4	_aThe discovery of France _b: a historical geography from the Revolution to the First World War _c/ Graham Robb
260			_aNew York _b: Norton _c, c2007
300			_a454 p. _b: illus. _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 395 - 427) and indexes
520			_aWhile Gustave Eiffel was changing the skyline of Paris, large parts of France were still terra incognita. Even in the age of railways and newspapers, France was a land of ancient tribal divisions, prehistoric communication networks, and pre-Christian beliefs. French itself was a minority language. Graham Robb describes that unknown world in arresting narrative detail. He recounts the epic journeys of mapmakers, scientists, soldiers, administrators, and intrepid tourists, of itinerant workers, pilgrims, and herdsmen with their millions of migratory domestic animals. We learn how France was explored, charted, and colonized, and how the imperial influence of Paris was gradually extended throughout a kingdom of isolated towns and villages. The Discovery of France explains how the modern nation came to be and how poorly understood that nation still is today. Above all, it shows how much of France -- past and present -- remains to be discovered.
650		0	_aCities and towns _z--France _x--History
651		0	_aFrance _x--Historical geography
651		4	_aFrance _x-Description and travel
651			_aFrance _x-History
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