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On annonce partout une crise de la ville. Urbanistes, architectes, économistes et sociologues se concertent à cet égard. Dans cette perspective une réflexion sur “l’objet urbain” s’impose. Elle passe, nécessairement, par la considération de l’histoire des villes. Les chercheurs qui forment le Centre d’histoire urbaine de l’École Normale Supérieure de Fontenay/Saint-Cloud ont choisi, dans ce but, la démarche qui leur paraissait la plus logique : analyser les ouvrages consacrés aux villes de différents espaces géographiques dans les dernières décennies, afin d’en confronter les méthodes et les résultats. Ils ont eu recours aux meilleurs spécialistes français pour dresser ce bilan avec eux. Il en résulte un ouvrage divers, mais particulièrement riche. La lecture des contributions rassemblées dans ce volume souligne le caractère foisonnant et polymorphe de l’histoire urbaine. Par approches et ajustements successifs, cette histoire donne une description très complète des villes dans tous leurs aspects. Elle ne se borne pas seulement à la nomenclature énumérative, elle dégage les lignes de force de l’évolution des villes ; elle en éclaire les traits saillants et les facteurs. Elle laisse espérer l’apparition d’une histoire générale qui permette de saisir le phénomène urbain dans toutes ses dimensions et soit opératoire pour comprendre les problèmes actuel. La crise des villes n’est pas celle de l’histoire urbaine.
Cities and towns --- Villes --- History --- Histoire --- History. --- Cities and towns - History. --- urbanisation --- Europe --- Afrique --- 20e siècle
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This is a history which deals with the end of the Dutch colonial rule, the early independent Indonesia, the West New Guinea question, and the emergence of Papuan nationalism. The book chiefly concentrates on Dutch policies ands perspectives, which have so far generally been ignored in existing English language publications. Netherlands-Indonesian relations between 1950 and 1958 are treated in depth, with a description and analysis of the struggle for power between the early, more Western-attuned and economic-rationalist cabinets, on the support of which the fate of the vast Netherlands-controlled export economy was dependent, and the masses, driven by Sukarno and the populist parties. West New Guinea and Papua nationalism began as early as the 1920s and 1930s, and by the early 1950s the Dutch had set about guiding the Papuans towards independence. This policy had to be aborted, however, with the threat of an Indonesian invasion and the unwillingness of the US to provide armed support to Dutch forces. As a result, Australia, too, was reluctantly forced to abandon the Dutch. Australia was forced to accept the inevitable. It had actively encouraged the Netherlands to hold onto West New Guinea, completed agreements on economic and social cooperation, and conducted in-depth studies about a possible Australia-Dutch defence system against Indonesian aggression. Without US military support, however, the situation became untenable. This book will be required for those seeking to understand the genesis of the situation in West New Guinea today, where Papuan nationalism is again in the ascendant following the recent dramatic events leading to the independence of East Timor. Co-published with Crawford House Publishing.
PAYS-BAS --- DECOLONISATION --- INDONESIE --- COLONIES --- ASIE --- HISTOIRE --- COLONISATION --- 20E SIECLE --- Indonesia --- Politics and government
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Written by some of the world's finest contemporary literature specialists, the specially commissioned essays in this volume examine the work of more than twenty major British novelists. Focusing largely on authors whose first novels have appeared since 1980, the essays provide expert and original analysis of the most recent trends in the theory and practice of contemporary British fiction. This book will be of interest not only to students, teachers and lecturers, but to the general reader seeking help in approaching the often baffling novels of the recent past.
English fiction --- English literature --- History and criticism. --- Roman anglais --- 20e siècle --- Histoire et critique
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An anthology of poems written by forty poets born after 1960.
American poetry --- Black Mountain school (Group of poets) --- Poésie américaine --- 20e siècle --- Anthologies
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Allan Sullivan wrote over forty works of popular fiction between 1890 and 1940; today it is difficult to find even one copy of many of these works. A well-known and widely read author in the first half of this century, Sullivan wrote thrillers, historical romance, children's stories, and novels set in the north (The Great Divide, The Fur Masters, Cariboo Road). Now there is no complete collection of his published works anywhere in the world.In this literary biography of Alan Sullivan, the author interweaves Sullivan's life story and his literary career. Drawing on published and unpublished material as well as on information supplied by Sullivan's four children, McLeod traces the influence on Sullivan's writings of his early years in Sault Ste. Marie and in mining and construction camps, of society life in Toronto, of visits to the Arctic and Europe, and residence on an English country estate. Sullivan is seen as a man whose essential characteristics are those of Canada, and whose literary work is parallelled by the paintings of the Group of Seven artists. His literary works are discussed and evaluated in the light of Sullivan's own and other Canadian critical theories.The bibliography provides a convenient listing of Sullivan's book-length publications. The volume will be of value to students of literature, but will also appeal to anyone interested in Canadian life and culture.
Écrivains canadiens-anglais --- Biographies --- 20e siècle. --- Sullivan, Alan, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Authors, Canadian
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De l’éminent poète catalan, Joan Vinyoli, la suprême ambition s’est exprimée dans le recueil intitulé Livre d’ami, présenté ici, en édition bilingue, traduit pour la première fois en français. Il est publié avec une étude que lui a consacrée le philosophe libanais Jad Hatem et accompagné d’une notice biographique de la main de Pep Solà, fin connaisseur de la vie du poète. Si l’on considère l’emprunt du titre de Joan Vinyoli au chef-d’oeuvre de Raymond Lulle, Livre d’Ami est manifestement un livre sans l’Aimé comme si c’était l’amour, comme réalité impersonnelle, qui était l’objet de la quête ou lui-même, l’homme et le poète. Les quinze poèmes, signale Jad Hatem, dessinent un itinéraire initiatique vers un absolu inaccessible qui, s’il prend l’aspect de la femme et de la nature, ne les considère jamais qu’à titre d’intermédiaires.
Literature (General) --- littérature catalane --- 20e siècle --- Joan Vinyoli (1914-1984) --- literatura catalana
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Bastions de la démocratie libérale en Europe au début du xxe siècle, la France et la Grande- Bretagne ont été affectés par le processus de radicalisation des droites à divers moments de leur histoire respective. Ligues patriotiques du début du siècle, partis fascistes ou fascisants de l’entre-deux-guerres et extrêmes droites xénophobes et nationalistes d’après 1945 ont successivement contribué à affirmer l’existence d’une droite de la droite dans les deux pays. L’ouvrage pose la question des relations entre droites radicales et modérées à l’échelle du siècle : quelles interactions, quels recoupements idéologiques, quel socle militant partagé, quelles répudiations observe-t-on entre ces deux milieux ? Sont tour à tour abordés les cultures politiques des droites radicales, ensemble composite défini par une grande diversité idéologique, les échanges et circulations d’idées qui s’opèrent entre ces milieux de part et d’autre de la Manche, leur faculté à recruter des soutiens auprès des femmes, ainsi que les relations qui s’instaurent entre droites radicales et modérées au fil du siècle. À droite de la droite concourt à replacer le débat sur les droites radicales au-delà de la simple question de leur succès électoral et à interroger les spécificités idéologiques et structurelles de la « droite de la droite » dans chacun de ces contextes nationaux.
Right-wing extremists --- Radicalism --- Far-right extremists --- Radicals --- idéologies politiques --- militantisme --- droite --- culture politique --- fascisme --- EXTREME-DROITE --- 20E SIECLE
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Hasta hace poco determinante para la afirmación de una ciencia histórica española autónoma, la influencia de la historiografía francesa ha retrocedido de manera progresiva hasta parecer, a veces, secundaria. La presente obra recoge las contribuciones de historiadores franceses y españoles que han reflexionado conjuntamente sobre la significación de esta impronta francesa. De esta manera, se dibuja una verdadera cartografía de la influencia francesa en España, con sus límites y envites, evocando a toda una comunidad de historiadores, de Febvre a Furet y de Braudel a Vilar. Este libro pretende reflejar una retrospectiva de la historiografía francesa en clave española. Los debates planteados aquí dan un repaso a las herramientas metodológicas propuestas por los franceses y adaptadas, según las necesidades de la propia historia española, por los historiadores españoles. Además, estos cuestionamientos sobre los métodos, los temas de investigación y el estatus del historiador, revelan las preocupaciones actuales de sociedades cuya memoria histórica se transforma, requiriendo sin duda una redefinición, si no de la profesión del historiador, de su función intelectual y social.
Historiography --- History --- Methodology --- Historical criticism --- Authorship --- Criticism --- historiographie --- XXème siècle --- Espagne --- France --- HISTORIOGRAPHIE --- FRANCE --- 20E SIECLE --- INFLUENCE --- ESPAGNE
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"This is a comprehensive history of political violence during Europe's incredibly violent twentieth century. Leading scholars examine the causes and dynamics of war, revolution, counterrevolution, genocide, ethnic cleansing, terrorism and state repression. They locate these manifestations of political violence within their full transnational and comparative contexts and within broader trends in European history from the beginning of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in the late nineteenth-century, through the two world wars, to the Yugoslav Wars and the rise of fundamentalist terrorism. The book spans a 'greater Europe' stretching from Ireland and Iberia to the Baltic, the Caucasus, Turkey and the southern shores of the Mediterranean. It sheds new light on the extent to which political violence in twentieth-century Europe was inseparable from the generation of new forms of state power and their projection into other societies, be they distant territories of imperial conquest or ones much closer to home"-- (Provided by publisher).
Political violence --- History --- Renaissance --- Renaissance. --- Violence --- Political crimes and offenses --- Terrorism --- Arts and Humanities --- Violence politique --- Europe --- 20e siècle
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Devoted to close readings of poets and their contexts from various postmodern perspectives, this book offers a wide-ranging look at the work of feminists and "post feminist" poets, working class poets, and poets of diverse cultural backgrounds, as well as provocative re-readings of such well-established and influential figures as Donald Davie, Ted Hughes, Geoffrey Hill, and Craig Raine. Contributors include many respected theorists and critics, such as Antony Easthope, C.L. Innes, John Matthias, Edward Larrissy, Linda Anderson, Eric Homberger, Alastair Niven, R.K. Meiners, and Cairns Craig, in addition to new writers working from new theoretical perspectives. Their approaches range from cultural theory to poststructuralism; each essayist addresses a general audience while engaging in debates of interest to postgraduates and specialists in the fields of twentieth-century poetry and cultural studies. The book's strength lies in its diversity at every level.
English poetry --- History and criticism --- Theory, etc. --- History and criticism. --- POESIE ANGLAISE --- 20E SIECLE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE
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