Overview :Apocalyptic visions and prophecies from Zarathustra to yesterday form the luxuriant panorama in Eugen Weber's profound and elegant book. Beg... Read More
Overview :"Lots of Romanians, in my day, dreamed of France; not many got there," writes the author in his introduction. "Fortuitousness, contingency, ... Read More
Overview :France achieved national unity much later than is commonly supposed. For a hundred years and more after the Revolution, millions of peasants... Read More
Overview :The end of the nineteenth century in France was marked by political scandals, social unrest, dissension, and "decadence." Yet the fin de si ... Read More
Overview :Caught between the memory of a brutal war won at frightful cost and fear of another cataclysm, France in the 1930s suffered a failure of ner... Read More
Overview :Eugen Weber delivered the Barbara Frum Historical Lecture, based on Apocalypses, at the University of Toronto in March 1999. This annual lec... Read More