This guide offers an introduction to French Studies resources at UMSL Libraries. It is intended as a starting point for your research, rather than a comprehensive guide to all library materials. Undergraduate and new graduate students may find this guide particularly useful.
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Vanessa Schwartz argues that modern France, as both a world stage and a global crossroads, is an essential actor in the development of contemporary culture.
An overview of French literature - its themes and forms, traditions and transformations - from the Middle Ages to the present.
A clear and well-informed guide to French history from the emergence of a strong state in the Ile-de-France in the early middle ages, to the trente glorieuses following the Second World War and the Mitterrand presidency.
An essential introduction for students of French politics and society, exploring contemporary developments while placing them in a deeper historical, intellectual, cultural and social context that makes for insightful analysis. Summaries of key political, economic and social movements and events are displayed as exhibits.
The essays in this collection contextualize St. Louis, exploring French-Native relations, the agency of empire in the Illinois Country, the role of women in "mapping" the French colonial world, fashion and identity, and commodities and exchange in St. Louis as part of a broader politics of consumption in colonial America.
A survey of French culture post 1945. Entries range from short factual/biographical pieces to longer overview articles.
Explores the history and meaning of the French Republic and the challenges it has faced.
