French revolutionaries and English republicans

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Atsuko Ichijo

The idea of Europe, European identities and Europeanization, in short 'Europe', has been conventionally studied in relation to nationalism and the hegemony of nation-states in the modern world. Europe, Nations and Modernity aims to open up a fresh perspective to the study of 'Europe' by placing the discussion of 'what is Europe and what is it to be European?' in a wider context of the study of modernity. As a number of scholars have argued, 'Europe' is a fundamentally contested concept. This collection is inspired by on-going debates and proposes to study Europe by placing it in a tripartite relationship with nations and modernity using 'Europe as modernity' as a key. The volume presents a collection of nine case studies: Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, France, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Turkey and the United Kingdom and provides a map of different constellations of Europe, nations and modernity in today's Europe.

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Jean Le Borgne

"Il est à peine besoin de rappeler l'attachement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie à la France", écrivait à son ministre, en 1963, le gouverneur Biros. A Koumac, en 1979, le jour de l'anniversaire de la prise de possession de la Nouvelle-Calédonie par la France, le drapeau français était foulé aux pieds par les manifestants. En 1984, à Thio, il sera brûlé. Entre 1963 et ces événements, une vingtaine d'années se sont écoulées. Comment, en si peu de temps, un peuple a-t-il pu passer de la loyauté la plus exemplaire à l'insurrection et à la sécession ?

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Leslie Derfler

Charles de Gaulle of France, Juan Per̤n of Argentina, and Pierre Elliott Trudeau of Canada all achieved the pinnacle of political power, fell from or relinquished power, and then, after a period in the political wilderness, regained their power. By placing greater emphasis than that customarily accorded by biographers on the interment that followed their fall and preceded their resurrection, Derfler describes what they did, the lessons they learned, and the mistakes made by their successors that facilitated their reentry.

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Carlos Navajas Zubeldia prólogo, Paul Preston

Este libro trata acerca de la tragedia de los militares republicanos del Ejército español, haciendo una lectura de la misma inscrita en el largo plazo: desde el régimen de 1873 hasta lo que convencionalmente se suele denominar nuestros días, dominados por el debate sobre la llamada memoria histórica.