The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography from the Revolution to the First World War
by Graham Robb
Buy on AmazonBut I would like to add the following. This is the most profound examination of how nationality is enforced on a group of people, with the internal colonization process and the stamping out of idiosyncratic traits. As someone suspicious of government and state control, I was wondering how France did so well in spite of having a big government. This book gave me the answer: it took a long time for the government and the ‘nation’ to penetrate the depth of deep France, ‘la France profonde.'
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"But I would like to add the following. This is the most profound examination of how nationality is enforced on a group of people, with the internal colonization process and the stamping out of idiosyncratic traits. As someone suspicious of government and state control, I was wondering how France did so well in spite of having a big government. This book gave me the answer: it took a long time for the government and the ‘nation’ to penetrate the depth of deep France, ‘la France profonde.'"
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