Interrogations on French Colonial History
Book review - 5 pages - Modern history
Historian Claude Liauzu's article on the debates surrounding French colonial history and its teaching, published in Genèses journal issue 46.
Malcolm Darling: Evolution of a British Administrator in India
Book review - 7 pages - Modern history
This document narrates the transformation of Malcolm Darling, a British administrator, as he navigates India's complexities between 1904 and 1947, questioning representations and studying the country's political and social evolution.
Rwanda 1994-1996: A Historian's Perspective
Book review - 5 pages - Modern history
This book explores the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsis, integrating anthropological study and historical analysis to understand the impact of violence on survivors.
Brezhnev-era Soviet Architecture
Book review - 4 pages - Modern history
Research on architectural developments in Soviet republics during Brezhnev's rule, highlighting the balance between centralized control and regional agency.
Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano
Book review - 5 pages - Modern history
Analysis of Patrick Modiano's novel Dora Bruder, exploring the author's investigation into the life of Dora Bruder and the themes of memory and identity.
The Success of Carrefour: A Comparison with the American Model
Book review - 3 pages - Modern history
Discover how Marcel Fournier's Carrefour revolutionized the retail industry by adopting a unique management model and adapting to the changing needs of consumers. Learn about the key differences between Carrefour and the American model, and how it paved the way for the hypermarket concept.
Review of 'The Corrupting Sea: A Study of Mediterranean History' by Peregrine Horden and Nicholas Purcell
Book review - 1 pages - Modern history
This document provides a summary of two articles reviewing the work of Horden and Purcell, 'The Corrupting Sea: A Study of Mediterranean History'. The articles analyze the book's unique approach to Mediterranean history, its fragmented structure, and its optimistic view of the...
Women in the Time of the 14 War: A Critical Analysis of the Impact of WWI on Women's Place in Society
Book review - 3 pages - Modern history
This critical analysis of Françoise Thébaud's work, 'Women in the Time of the 14 War', explores the profound impact of WWI on women's place in society, marked by the consecration of women's suffrage in 1944. Through a scientific and critical approach, the author examines the...
When the Morgue was a Parisian Attraction
Book review - 1 pages - Modern history
This historical document explores the fascinating story of the Paris Morgue, a 19th-century attraction that drew millions of visitors. Delve into the history of this unusual spectacle and its transformation over time.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass (1845)
Book review - 3 pages - Modern history
In the first half of the 19th century, the United States is facing a lot of changes in social, economic and political levels. Economically speaking, the country has evolved positively thanks to new models of production brought by the Industrial Revolution. Nonetheless, at this time, slavery was...
Heart of a Dog - Mikhail Bulgakov, 1925
Book review - 3 pages - Modern history
In "Heart of a Dog" by Mikhail Bulgakov, we are presented with a satire of Russian society in the early 20th century. In the story, a Russian dog is transformed into a human through a serious of surgeries, and with a "dog's mindset", this individual is able to thrive in a corrupt Russian...
French public opinion and the Indochina War. Poils and testimonies - Alain Ruscio
Book review - 2 pages - Modern history
The document I will present is an article from the french history review, entitled « French public opinion and the Indochina War. Poils and testimonies » published in Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire in 1991. It was written by Mr. Ruscio Alain, specialist of french colonial history. Today,...
Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition - Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, 1542
Book review - 1 pages - Modern history
History is recorded in a variety of manners. Some of the most revealing perspectives come from the individuals that have actually experienced the past events take place. The documents each individual provide are recognized as primary sources. Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca provides an example of a...
History as identity: The American past as contested terrain
Book review - 20 pages - Modern history
We look to the past to tell us who we are, where we are, and how we got here from there. History is identity, and thus it is contested terrain. Whose story is going to be told, and who is going to do the telling? The American narrative - the history of who we are, where we've been, and what it...
Bloodlands - Timothy Snyder
Book review - 2 pages - Modern history
Bloodlands : Europe between Hitler & Stalin - Timothy Snyder tFourteen millions people were killed by totalitarian regimes in the countries between Hitler and Stalin from 1933 to 1945. This work reveals a polemic analogy between the Europe from Hitler, the National Socialism and the Europe...
The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
Book review - 1 pages - Modern history
In the 18th century, the ideas of modernity were spreading all around Europe, while at the same time a revolt is organized against the despotic control exercised by Georges III, the King of England in the British colonies of the New World. This rebellion resulted in the Declaration of...
The Riddle of the Zoot: Malcolm Little and Black Cultural Politics during World War II, Robin Davis Gibran Kelley
Book review - 3 pages - Modern history
Robin Davis Gibran Kelley (born in 1962) is a professor of American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. In his essay 'The Riddle of the Zoot-Malcolm Little and Black Cultural Politics during World War II', he analyzed how Malcolm's youth as a hustler...
The Search for Religious Liberty, 1640 -1690, by Mark Goldie
Book review - 2 pages - Modern history
The text under consideration is extracted from the book ?The Oxford Illustrated' by Tudor and Stuart Britain, published in 1996. It is an excerpt from an essay called "The Search for Religious Liberty, 1640-1690", written by Mark Goldie, a Lecturer at the Faculty of History at the University...
Michel Abitbol, "The Jews of North Africa during the Second World War", Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1989. Pp. 212
Book review - 2 pages - Modern history
This book deals with the topic of the Jews in North Africa under the Vichy regime. The author is Professor Michel Abitbol, Chairman of the Ben-Zvi Institute in Jerusalem. He is an Israeli orientalist and a specialist in Jew history in Morocco. The Jews situation was different in Algeria, Morocco...
Stanley Hoffmann, "Collaborationism in France during World War II" in The Journal of Modern History (Sept 1968), 375-395
Book review - 2 pages - Modern history
This article by Stanley Hoffmann from Harvard University, deals with the collaboration in France during the Second World War. The author enlightens the reader about this complex subject which did not receive sufficient study according to him. Hoffmann discusses the differences between several...
Napoleon : The Black Room at Longwood, Jean-Paul Kaufman
Book review - 6 pages - Modern history
The coup of 18 Brumaire had no bloodshed and it freed the prisoners. It was a coup appreciated by the French. Napolean established peace in Vendee. 60% of the 150,000 immigrants went back to France. In 1800, Napoleon returned to Les Invalides. "I assured order, prosperity and peace. All the...
The Riddle of the Zoot: Malcolm Little and Black Cultural Politics during World War II, Robin Davis Gibran Kelley - publié le 04/01/2010
Book review - 3 pages - Modern history
Robin Davis Gibran Kelley (born in 1962) is a professor of American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. In his essay 'The Riddle of the Zoot-Malcolm Little and Black Cultural Politics during World War II', he analyzed how Malcolm's youth as a hustler...
A review of Legacy of silence: Encounters with children of the Third Reich
Book review - 5 pages - Modern history
Silence has always been a persistent theme in Holocaust studies. How did so many people remain silent as millions of their neighbors were taken off and killed? Why did so few people resist, and why did so many otherwise rational people blindly follow orders and not speak up against the atrocities...
The destruction of Ancient Egyptian antiquity
Book review - 5 pages - Modern history
The chapter “The Destruction of the Pharaohs” discusses how much of the heritage of the pharaohs was destroyed by tomb robbers and casual tourism. As the pharaohs were laid in their tombs with considerable wealth, the first tomb robbers were contemporary Egyptians themselves. Later,...
Book Report, Olympe de Gouges By Olivier Blanc
Book review - 2 pages - Modern history
This book is a biography of Marie-Olympe de Gouges, a French woman born in 1748 in Montauban. Olivier Blanc, the author, is a French historian born in 1951. He does research about the XVIIIth century and more particularly about the French Revolution and the status of the diplomats during this...
"The Significance of the Frontier in American History", Frederick Jackson Turner, 1893
Book review - 2 pages - Modern history
Towards the end of the 19th century, the United State grew in puissance. Americans tried to set themselves apart from the European influence. Indeed the need for identity emerged as an important milestone especially since reconstruction had proved to be a failure. It is also the gilded age period...
Lewis, Fort Mandan, April 7, 1805 : The Lewis and Clark expedition - publié le 17/05/2009
Book review - 4 pages - Modern history
This text, written by Captain Meriwether Lewis at Fort Mandan on April 7th, 1805, may be regarded as one of the main turning points of the expedition. Indeed, the long and harsh winter they endured when they could not move on westward to the Missouri River since it was blocked with ice and when...
Breve history of Liberia
Book review - 2 pages - Modern history
"American Darlings?, by Russell Blanks, and "Allah is not obliged?, by Ahmadou Kourouma, are two books which refer to the civil war in Liberia. After reading them, I wanted to try to better understand the problem and the scale of violence that has been observed in this country that was built in...
Fukuzawa Yukichi Biography Review
Book review - 8 pages - Modern history
The biography on Fukuzawa Yûkichi written by Helen M. Hopper explores one of the most influential private citizens and his views and actions during a critical period of development in Japanese history. The aim of the book is to explore the large contributions, and the influence that Fukuzawa had...
Book review: Down and Out in Paris and London, by G. Orwell
Book review - 2 pages - Modern history
In the late 1920s, a young and well-educated Englishman was confronted with the hardships that a penniless existence in two European capital cities, namely Paris and London, involved. Through the account of the Englishman's life, the reader can get a quite faithful image of what it was like...
