Peasants into Frenchmen

Book • 1976

Mentioned by

Mentioned by

Sam Biagetti

as a counterargument emphasizing the French state's active role in creating national identity.

Mentioned by

Andrew Day

as relevant to the artificial construction of modern nation states.

Mentioned as a parallel process to the deculturation described by Olivier Roy in "The Crisis of Culture."

Recommended by

Nate Baker

, quoting Tyler Cohen, as a history of rural France.

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