Автор: William J. Roberts
Название: France: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present
Издательство: Facts on File
Год: 2004
ISBN: 978-0816044733
Серия: European Nations
Язык: English
Формат: pdf
Размер: 63 mb
Страниц: 714
France has been, since its national beginnings, a center of Western political, economic, social, scientific, and cultural history. At times almost synonymous with the achievements of Western civilization, France has often led the way to the developments of the early modem and modem European eras. While today the preeminence of French culture and civilization might seem less evident, France nonetheless remains a locus of the vital developments of the modem era.
Now, in the 21 st century, France plays a most vital and leading role in the creation of a newly defined Europe—politically, culturally, socially, and economically—and plays a significant part in developing an independent and definitive role on the global stage for that entity.